Historical Events In December - 25

1950  On this day in history xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47   

1951  Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb on December - 25.   

1953  On this day in history avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)   

1954  Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 on December - 25.   

1956  On December - 25 robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

1957  On December - 25 frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87   

1959  A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swastikas on December - 25.   

1961  On December - 25 rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies   

1963  On this day in history walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released   

1963  On December - 25 tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67   

1964  On December - 25 cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74   

1967  On December - 25 paul McCartney and Jane Asher get engaged   

1968  Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon on December - 25.   

1971  Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul on December - 25.   

1971  On December - 25 byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70   

1973  Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles) on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia   

1975  Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94 on December - 25.   

1976  On December - 25 arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies   

1977  Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian President Sadat on December - 25.   

1977  On this day in history charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88   

1979  Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 25 fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80   

1983  Live telecast of Christmas Parade on this day in history.   

1983  Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 25 george Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66   

1989  On this day in history japanese scientist achieve -271.8øC, coldest temp ever recorded   

1989  Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies on December - 25.   

1990  On this day in history "Godfather III" premiers   

1990  On this day in history marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77   

1991  On December - 25 curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90   

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history sS South of Ireland, a passenger steamer, built for the Great Western Railway, and completed in 1867, she was lost at Warbarrow near Lulworth on December 25th, inward bound to Weymouth.   

1994  On December - 25 pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87   

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1250  On December - 25 birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on December - 25.   

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on this day in history.   

1587  On December - 25 birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

1601  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

1628  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.   

0795  On December - 25 adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies   

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on December - 25.   

1156  On December - 25 peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61   

1249  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on this day in history.   

1513  On December - 25 johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

1530  On December - 25 babur, emperor of Delhi, dies   

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on December - 25.   

1676  Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on this day in history.