Page 8: Historical Events In December - 25

1995  On this day in history dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78   

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

2007  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

2019  20 people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines on this day in history.   

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.   

2024  On this day in history 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) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)   

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

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  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on December - 25.   

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

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

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

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

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on December - 25.   

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

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

1530  On this day in history babur, emperor of Delhi, dies   

1635  On this day in history 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.