Historical Events In December - 25

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

2000  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) on this day in history.   

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

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

2007  On December - 25 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 on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1583  On December - 25 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 this day in history.   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on this day in history.   

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

0795  On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies   

0820  On this day in history death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered   

1156  On this day in history peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61   

1249  On this day in history peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies   

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

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

1635  On December - 25 death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)   

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