Historical Events In December - 25

1995  Dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

2000  On December - 25 a bank machine in a supermarket in the town of Antibes France paid double the withdrawal amount while only recording the correct amount (Merry Christmas)   

2000  A Christmas day fire killed 309 people at a dance hall in the central Chinese city of Luoyang on December - 25.   

2007  On December - 25 an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo kills one person and injures two others.   

2007  An overcrowded suspension bridge collapsed near Nepalgunj, Nepal. At least 15 people are dead, with 100 to 200 missing on December - 25.   

2007  Queen Elizabeth II broadcasts her 50th televised Royal Christmas Message to the Commonwealth on this day in history.   

2012  27 people are killed after an Antonov An-72 plane crashes near Shymkent, Kazakhstan on this day in history.   

2019  On December - 25 20 people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines.   

2021  NASA, ESA, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope on December - 25.   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.   

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

1583  On this day in history birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.   

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.   

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer   

0795  Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies on December - 25.   

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 December - 25.   

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on December - 25.   

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on December - 25.   

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

1676  On this day in history death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)