Page 8: Historical Events In December - 25

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

2007  Queen Elizabeth II broadcasts her 50th televised Royal Christmas Message to the Commonwealth   

2012  27 people are killed after an Antonov An-72 plane crashes near Shymkent, Kazakhstan.   

2019  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.   

2024  Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, crashes in Kazakhstan. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash.   

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1250  John iv laskaris: Byzantine emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of saxony: Queen of denmark and norway   

1583  Orlando gibbons: English composer (o clap your hands), baptized   

1587  Margarita of austria: Queen of philip iii of spain   

1601  Jose ximenez: Composer   

1624  Angelus silesius: [johann scheffler], german mystic (st seelenlust)   

1628  Noel coypel: French painter   

1646  Harald vallerius: Composer   

0795  Adrian i: Italian pope (772-95),   

0820  Leo v: The armenian, byzantine gen/emperor (813-20), murdered   

1156  Peter venerabilis: Fr theologist/9th abbot of cluny,   

1249  Peter nolascus: Spanish monastery founder/st,   

1513  Johannes amerbach: Swiss publisher/printer,   

1530  Babur: Emperor of delhi,   

1635  Samuel de champlain: French explorer and founder of quebec city (b. 1567)   

1676  Matthew hale: Lord chief justice of england (b. 1609)