
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. It is the 300th day counting from March 1, every year. ==Events== *800 - Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome. *1066 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London. *1223 - Saint Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene. *1599 - The city of Natal, Brazil is founded. *1776 - George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the monarchy's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey. *1818 - The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria). *1837 - Battle of Okeechobee - United States forces defeat Seminole (tribe) Indians. *1868 - US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all American Civil War rebels. *1868 - Ezo Republic founded in Hokkaido by Shogunate rebels. *1914 - Just after midnight on Christmas morning, Germany troops on the Western Front cease firing their guns and artillery and singing Christmas carols. Crossing the No man's land, they trade gifts with the enemy forces that face them. The Christmas truce lasts for several days, depending on the location. *1917 - ''Why Marry?'', first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City *1926 - Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, succeeding the Taisho Emperor. *1932 - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people *1939 - Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'' was read on radio for the first time (CBS radio) *1939 - ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores *1941 - Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese. *1947 - The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect. *1953 - A fire broke out in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong. *1973 - The ARPANET crashes when a programming Computer_bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze. *1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia *1977 - Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat *1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu, former communist dictator of Romania, and his wife Elena Ceausescu were condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges by a court perceived by many as illegitimate. *1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). *2002 - New Delhi Metro was introduced. *2004 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which will land on Saturn's moon, Titan (moon) on January 14, 2005. ==Births== *1 - Jesus, religious teacher in Roman-occupied Palestine (region). December 25th is celebrated as his birth by Christians on Christmas, but there is no evidence this is his actual day of birth, as the date of Christmas is borrowed from the pagan festival of the Winter Solstice. *1642 - Isaac Newton, physicist and mathematician (d. 1727) *1742 - Charlotte von Stein, girlfriend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (d. 1827) *1757 - Benjamin Pierce (governor), U.S. politician (d 1839) *1763 - Claude Chappe, telecommunications pioneer semaphore (communication) lines (d. 1805) *1771 - Dorothy Wordsworth, diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855) *1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912) *1856 - Hans von Bartels, Germany painter (d. 1913) *1863 - Charles Pathe, film producer *1865 - Fay Templeton, actor & singer, (d. 1939) *1875 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna *1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan *1876 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959) *1878 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automotive pioneer (d. 1941) *1883 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955) *1884 - Evelyn Nesbit, actress (d. 1967) *1886 - Kid Ory, jazz musician (d. 1973) *1887 - Conrad Nicholson Hilton, hotelier (d. 1979) *1893 - Belle Baker American singer from 1920s & 30s, and an actress, big hit "If I Had A Talking Picture of You", (d. 1957) *1899 - Humphrey Bogart, actor (d. 1957) *1901 - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004) *1906 - Sir Lew Grade, film producer (d. 1998) *1907 - Cab Calloway, bandleader (d. 1994) *1908 - Quentin Crisp, author, activist for homosexuals (d. 1999) *1908 - Helen Twelvetrees, actress (d. 1958) *1912 - Tony Martin (singer), singer *1912 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer *1913 - Henri Nannen, journalist and publisher (d. 1966) *1915 - Pete Rugolo, bandleader *1918 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president (d. 1981) *1924 - Rod Serling, scriptwriter, host of ''The Twilight Zone'' (d. 1975) *1924 - Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India *1925 - Carlos Castaneda, author (d. 1998) *1927 - Nellie Fox, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1975) *1928 - Dick Miller, actor *1936 - Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent *1936 - Ismail Merchant, movie producer *1943 - Hanna Schygulla, actress *1944 - Jairzinho, football player *1945 - Noel Redding, bassist: ''The Jimi Hendrix Experience'' (d. 2003) *1945 - Gary Sandy, actor *1945 - Kenny Stabler, American football player *1946 - Jimmy Buffett, singer, songwriter *1946 - Larry Csonka, American football player *1948 - Barbara Mandrell, singer, actress *1949 - Sissy Spacek, actress *1949 - Joe Louis Walker, blues musician *1950 - Manny Trillo, baseball player *1954 - Robin Campbell, guitarist and singer of UB40 *1954 - Annie Lennox, singer of Eurythmics *1957 - Shane MacGowan, musician *1958 - Hanford Dixon, American football player *1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player *1959 - Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut *1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator *1971 - Dido (singer), singer *1975 - Marcus Trescothick, England cricket *1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and composer of Nightwish *1976 - Armin van Buuren, keyboardist, producer and Trance/ Progressive DJ in the Dance scene *1980 - Reika Hashimoto, actress, model ==Deaths== *795 - Pope Adrian I *1635 - Samuel de Champlain - French people explorer, founder of Quebec City. (b. 1567) *1683 - Kara Mustafa, Ottoman pasha and general who lost the Battle of Vienna. (b. 1634) *1880 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1828) *1933 - Francesc Macia, President of Generalitat, Autonomous government of Catalonia (b. 1859) *1938 - Karel Capek, Czech author, inventor of the word ''robot'' (b. 1890) *1940 - Agnes Ayres, silent film actress (b. 1898) *1946 - W. C. Fields, actor, comedian (b. 1880) *1951 - Harry T. Moore, civil rights activist: assassinated *1954 - Johnny Ace, after losing Russian roulette on the previous day. *1957 - Charles Pathe, movie producer *1963 - Tristan Tzara, List of poets and essayist (b. 1896) *1973 - Ismet Inonu, statesman (b. 1884) *1973 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b. 1880) *1977 - Charlie Chaplin, actor (b. 1889) *1983 - Joan Miró, painter (b. 1893) *1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian dictator (execution (legal)) (b. 1918) *1989 - Billy Martin, baseball player, manager (b. 1928) *1995 - Dean Martin, singer, actor (b. 1917) *1996 - JonBenét Ramsey, murder victim (b. 1990) *1998 - John Pulman, England snooker player *2002 - Iñigo Cavero, Spain politician *2003 - Phil Goldman, co-founder of WebTV Networks, Inc. (now MSN TV) *2004 - Jane Muskie, widow of political figure Edmund Muskie ==Holidays and observances== *The Christmas holiday is celebrated on this day. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/25 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/12/25 Today in History: December 25] ---- December 24 - December 26 - November 25 - January 25 -- historical anniversaries la:25 Decembris simple:December 25
--User:Maveric149 01:00, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 25 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 25 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_25_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- The year associated with the traditional birth of Christ should be 1 BC, not 1 AD. For purposes of reckoning the calender, Dionysius Exiguus set the date of Jesus' birth on 25 December 753 AUC (ab urbe condita: that is, since the (traditional) founding of Rome), and started the era 8 days later on 1 January 754. The year 754 became 1 AD, and when BC dates began to be used, the year 753 was 1 BC, as there is no year 0. Odd as it may seem when you abbreviate it, the traditional birth of Christ was 25 December 1 BC, not AD! User:Someone else Who is Dorothy Worsworth? -- User:Zoe :I guess it's a typo for "Dorothy Wordsworth", sister of William, and herself a noted diarist. I'll fix it. --User:Camembert Was Tony Martin born in 1912 or 1913? His profile says 1913, but this page says 1912. == POV and inaccurate information == There is no evidence that Jesus was actually born on December 25. December 25 is the time around the Winter Solstice, and also was the date of the celebration of the birth of Mithras. This is the origin of the Christmas holiday. The article reads "0 - (actual date should be 6 BC) Jesus, great religious teacher, one of the most influential figures of all time". "Great religious teacher" is POV, and "one of the most influential figures of all time" is POV, unless you add something like "considered to be one of the most influential figures in history" but that "of all time" nonsense is pathetic. There is no "year 0", and it would be better put just as "1" not "0". User:Revolución 23:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. It is the 300th day counting from March 1, every year. ==Events== *800 - Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome. *1066 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London. *1223 - Saint Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene. *1599 - The city of Natal, Brazil is founded. *1776 - George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the monarchy's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey. *1818 - The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria). *1837 - Battle of Okeechobee - United States forces defeat Seminole (tribe) Indians. *1868 - US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all American Civil War rebels. *1868 - Ezo Republic founded in Hokkaido by Shogunate rebels. *1914 - Just after midnight on Christmas morning, Germany troops on the Western Front cease firing their guns and artillery and singing Christmas carols. Crossing the No man's land, they trade gifts with the enemy forces that face them. The Christmas truce lasts for several days, depending on the location. *1917 - ''Why Marry?'', first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City *1926 - Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, succeeding the Taisho Emperor. *1932 - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people *1939 - Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'' was read on radio for the first time (CBS radio) *1939 - ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores *1941 - Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese. *1947 - The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect. *1953 - A fire broke out in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong. *1973 - The ARPANET crashes when a programming Computer_bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze. *1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia *1977 - Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat *1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu, former communist dictator of Romania, and his wife Elena Ceausescu were condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges by a court perceived by many as illegitimate. *1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). *2002 - New Delhi Metro was introduced. *2004 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which will land on Saturn's moon, Titan (moon) on January 14, 2005. ==Births== *1 - Jesus, religious teacher in Roman-occupied Palestine (region). December 25th is celebrated as his birth by Christians on Christmas, but there is no evidence this is his actual day of birth, as the date of Christmas is borrowed from the pagan festival of the Winter Solstice. *1642 - Isaac Newton, physicist and mathematician (d. 1727) *1742 - Charlotte von Stein, girlfriend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (d. 1827) *1757 - Benjamin Pierce (governor), U.S. politician (d 1839) *1763 - Claude Chappe, telecommunications pioneer semaphore (communication) lines (d. 1805) *1771 - Dorothy Wordsworth, diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855) *1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912) *1856 - Hans von Bartels, Germany painter (d. 1913) *1863 - Charles Pathe, film producer *1865 - Fay Templeton, actor & singer, (d. 1939) *1875 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna *1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan *1876 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959) *1878 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automotive pioneer (d. 1941) *1883 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955) *1884 - Evelyn Nesbit, actress (d. 1967) *1886 - Kid Ory, jazz musician (d. 1973) *1887 - Conrad Nicholson Hilton, hotelier (d. 1979) *1893 - Belle Baker American singer from 1920s & 30s, and an actress, big hit "If I Had A Talking Picture of You", (d. 1957) *1899 - Humphrey Bogart, actor (d. 1957) *1901 - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004) *1906 - Sir Lew Grade, film producer (d. 1998) *1907 - Cab Calloway, bandleader (d. 1994) *1908 - Quentin Crisp, author, activist for homosexuals (d. 1999) *1908 - Helen Twelvetrees, actress (d. 1958) *1912 - Tony Martin (singer), singer *1912 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer *1913 - Henri Nannen, journalist and publisher (d. 1966) *1915 - Pete Rugolo, bandleader *1918 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president (d. 1981) *1924 - Rod Serling, scriptwriter, host of ''The Twilight Zone'' (d. 1975) *1924 - Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India *1925 - Carlos Castaneda, author (d. 1998) *1927 - Nellie Fox, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1975) *1928 - Dick Miller, actor *1936 - Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent *1936 - Ismail Merchant, movie producer *1943 - Hanna Schygulla, actress *1944 - Jairzinho, football player *1945 - Noel Redding, bassist: ''The Jimi Hendrix Experience'' (d. 2003) *1945 - Gary Sandy, actor *1945 - Kenny Stabler, American football player *1946 - Jimmy Buffett, singer, songwriter *1946 - Larry Csonka, American football player *1948 - Barbara Mandrell, singer, actress *1949 - Sissy Spacek, actress *1949 - Joe Louis Walker, blues musician *1950 - Manny Trillo, baseball player *1954 - Robin Campbell, guitarist and singer of UB40 *1954 - Annie Lennox, singer of Eurythmics *1957 - Shane MacGowan, musician *1958 - Hanford Dixon, American football player *1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player *1959 - Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut *1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator *1971 - Dido (singer), singer *1975 - Marcus Trescothick, England cricket *1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and composer of Nightwish *1976 - Armin van Buuren, keyboardist, producer and Trance/ Progressive DJ in the Dance scene *1980 - Reika Hashimoto, actress, model ==Deaths== *795 - Pope Adrian I *1635 - Samuel de Champlain - French people explorer, founder of Quebec City. (b. 1567) *1683 - Kara Mustafa, Ottoman pasha and general who lost the Battle of Vienna. (b. 1634) *1880 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1828) *1933 - Francesc Macia, President of Generalitat, Autonomous government of Catalonia (b. 1859) *1938 - Karel Capek, Czech author, inventor of the word ''robot'' (b. 1890) *1940 - Agnes Ayres, silent film actress (b. 1898) *1946 - W. C. Fields, actor, comedian (b. 1880) *1951 - Harry T. Moore, civil rights activist: assassinated *1954 - Johnny Ace, after losing Russian roulette on the previous day. *1957 - Charles Pathe, movie producer *1963 - Tristan Tzara, List of poets and essayist (b. 1896) *1973 - Ismet Inonu, statesman (b. 1884) *1973 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b. 1880) *1977 - Charlie Chaplin, actor (b. 1889) *1983 - Joan Miró, painter (b. 1893) *1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian dictator (execution (legal)) (b. 1918) *1989 - Billy Martin, baseball player, manager (b. 1928) *1995 - Dean Martin, singer, actor (b. 1917) *1996 - JonBenét Ramsey, murder victim (b. 1990) *1998 - John Pulman, England snooker player *2002 - Iñigo Cavero, Spain politician *2003 - Phil Goldman, co-founder of WebTV Networks, Inc. (now MSN TV) *2004 - Jane Muskie, widow of political figure Edmund Muskie ==Holidays and observances== *The Christmas holiday is celebrated on this day. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/25 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/12/25 Today in History: December 25] ---- December 24 - December 26 - November 25 - January 25 -- historical anniversaries la:25 Decembris simple:December 25
December 25
--User:Maveric149 01:00, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 25 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 25 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_25_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- The year associated with the traditional birth of Christ should be 1 BC, not 1 AD. For purposes of reckoning the calender, Dionysius Exiguus set the date of Jesus' birth on 25 December 753 AUC (ab urbe condita: that is, since the (traditional) founding of Rome), and started the era 8 days later on 1 January 754. The year 754 became 1 AD, and when BC dates began to be used, the year 753 was 1 BC, as there is no year 0. Odd as it may seem when you abbreviate it, the traditional birth of Christ was 25 December 1 BC, not AD! User:Someone else Who is Dorothy Worsworth? -- User:Zoe :I guess it's a typo for "Dorothy Wordsworth", sister of William, and herself a noted diarist. I'll fix it. --User:Camembert Was Tony Martin born in 1912 or 1913? His profile says 1913, but this page says 1912. == POV and inaccurate information == There is no evidence that Jesus was actually born on December 25. December 25 is the time around the Winter Solstice, and also was the date of the celebration of the birth of Mithras. This is the origin of the Christmas holiday. The article reads "0 - (actual date should be 6 BC) Jesus, great religious teacher, one of the most influential figures of all time". "Great religious teacher" is POV, and "one of the most influential figures of all time" is POV, unless you add something like "considered to be one of the most influential figures in history" but that "of all time" nonsense is pathetic. There is no "year 0", and it would be better put just as "1" not "0". User:Revolución 23:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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