December 25

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 25. From 1900 until now. December 25 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Helena Christensen (1968), Carlos Castaneda (1925) and Annie Lennox (1954). Several movies were released around December 25 over the years, such as Devdas in 1955 directed by Bimal Roy and Scarlet Street in 1945 directed by Fritz Lang.
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Holidays

Christmas Day is a Christian holiday on this day celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. It is a public holiday in many countries, including almost everywhere in the Americas, most European nations, the Philippines and most of Oceania, some African countries, the Commonwealth of Nations, and various other countries and regions. Many non-Christians, including non-theists, celebrate secular aspects of the holiday, such as decorating Christmas trees and exchanging gifts with family and friends. Some
Pakistan - Quaid's Day is celebrated as a national holiday in Pakistan in honour of the birth of Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
British Isles - a quarter day in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. (but not in Scotland)
Roman festivals - (re)birth of Sol Invictus, the winter solstice feast in the Roman Empire since 274.

Events

2018 War in Afghanistan: The Afghan health ministry says that yesterday's attack by a suicide bomber and three gunmen on a government building in Kabul killed at least 43 people. No group has claimed responsibility. (CBS News) (Daily Sabah)
2017 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A suicide blast near the National Directorate of Security headquarters in Kabul kills 10. Amaq News Agency claims ISIL is responsible for the attack. (Reuters)
2016 Pope Francis pleads for peace in a Christmas Mass in the Vatican. (Voice of America)
2015 Zahran Alloush, founder of Islamist rebel group Jaysh al-Islam (army of Islam), the group's deputy leader, and other officials die in Russian airstrikes on a meeting east of Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Jaysh al-Islam was one of the opposition groups at the December 10th conference that agreed on principles to guide peace talks, which both Bashar al-Assad and Russia rejected. (The News Hub) (BBC) (Irish Independent)
2014 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): A militia attack on a power plant in Sirte leaves at least 19 soldiers dead. (BBC)
2013 Euromaidan:: Tetiana Chornovol, a Ukrainian civic activist and journalist, is dragged from her car and beaten by a group of men. Authorities say that this is the latest attack on government opponents. (CNN)
2012 Syrian civil war:: Rebels take over the city of Harem in Idlib Governorate on the border with Turkey, about 55 kms west of Aleppo. (Al Jazeera)Pope Benedict XVI calls for a political solution to the conflict in Syria during his Christmas message, delivered to thousands of pilgrims in Vatican City. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Reuters)
2011 The Sudanese People's Armed Forces claim that the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement in Darfur, Khalil Ibrahim, has been killed. (Xinhua)
2010 At least 45 people are killed and at least 50 others are injured in Khar, Bajaur, Pakistan when a woman throws two hand grenades and detonates her vest at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution centre in the early morning. (BBC) (Voice of America) (The Jerusalem Post)
2009 A Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, tries to ignite powder and liquid explosives on Northwest Airlines plane Flight 253 from Nigeria via Amsterdam as it is preparing to land in Detroit. The man is subdued and the plane lands safely with no injuries.
2008 Eartha Kitt, American sultry singer ("Santa Baby"), dancer and actress (Catwoman in Batman, two Emmy awards) dies in New York at age 81 of colon cancer.
2007 An escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo kills one person and injures two others.
2006 Iraqi insurgency: Soldiers from the British Army storm a police headquarters in Basra, Iraq, arresting allegedly corrupt officers, transferring prisoners thought to have been subject to torture, and demolishing the building.
2005 Five children died in Guatemala City when a blaze started by fireworks swept through their house. A traditional holiday firecracker called a "silbador" shot into their small wooden house started the fire. The children were aged 2, 3, 6, 10 and 13. (Scotsman)
2004 An historic and unprecedented snowfall occurs over portions of southern Texas during the early morning hours. Daily totals include 1.5 inches at Brownsville, 3.5 inches at McAllen, 4.4 inches at Corpus Christi, and 12.1 inches at Victoria.
2003 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf survives a suicide bomber attack on his motorcade, the second attempt to assassinate him in two weeks.
2002 Kicker Katie Hnida of the University of New Mexico makes history by becoming the first woman to participate in a NCAA division 1 football game, missing a kick for her team during the Las Vegas Bowl game.
2000 Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.
1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1996 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado.
1994 Comedy Tonight closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 8 performances
1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan versus Sri Lanka at Gujranwala.
1990 Godfather III premieres
1987 Lynette Squeaky Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
1982 Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians.
1979 USSR airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan
1978 Vietnam launches a major offensive against the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia.
1977 Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
1975 Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris.
1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
1973 The ARPANET crashes when a programming bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze.
1972 The Christmas bombing of North Vietnam causes widespread criticism of the U.S. and President Richard Nixon.
1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
1970 The ETA releases Eugen Beihl.
1969 India all out for 163 at Madras versus Australia, Ashley Mallett 5-91.
1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneouver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
1967 Paul McCartney and Jane Asher get engaged
1965 The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz
1964 Goldfinger premieres in US
1963 Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
1959 A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas
1958 Tchaikovsky's ballet ''The Nutcracker'' (the George Balanchine version) is shown on prime-time television in color for the first time, as an episode of the CBS anthology series ''Playhouse 90''.
1957 Ed Gein found insane of murder
1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL championship
1954 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand).
1952 One West German soldier is killed in a shooting incident in West Berlin.
1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law).
1946 Constitution accepted in Taiwan.
1942 Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death
1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
1940 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts Pal Joey, premieres in New York City
1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer.
1937 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio
1936 Ron Hamence scores 104 for South Africa versus Queensland before 4,865.
1934 Four centuries for South Africa as they make 7-644 versus Queensland before 6,180.
1933 Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett.
1932 During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes.
1931 Albert Lonergan scores 137 South Africa versus Queensland at Adelaide before 5,697.
1930 1st US bobsled run open to public (Lake Placid, NY)
1928 New South Wales (versus Victoria) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps.
1927 The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded.
1926 Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, succeeding the Taisho Emperor.
1925 IG Farben formed by merger of six chemical companies in Germany.
1923 Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St, New York City
1920 The Rosicrucian Fellowship's spiritual healing temple ''The Ecclesia'' is founded at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California.
1919 Cliftonhill Stadium in Coatbridge opens (the home of the Albion Rovers F.C.) They lose the match 2–0 to St. Mirren.
1915 In WWI, British and German forces declare a Christmas truce, get out of the trenches and have a free-for-all kick-around football game in no-man's land.
1914 Legendary / unofficial Christmas Truce takes place (Brits & Germans)
1908 Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes first black heavyweight champion.
1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack British.
1900 Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany.
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Famous Birthday

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Ingrid Betancourt: Colombian-born politician and kidnap...
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Hanna Schygulla: Katowice Silesia, Poland -- Actress...
Louise Bourgeois: French artist, a contemporary...
Sissy Spacek: American actress and model who earned an...
Noël Mamère: French journalist and politician.
Anwar Sadat: Egyptian politician, President of Egypt...
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La Fouine: French-Moroccan rapper.
Jillie Mack: British actress and dancer married to...
Rod Serling: American television and radio script...
Nawaz Sharif: Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Jimmy Buffett: American musician whose debut album,...
René Girard: Franco-American historian, literary...
Karl Rove: American political strategist and...
François de Closets
Helno (Les Négresses Vertes)
Shane MacGowan: Irish musician.
Jaff Noël Seijas: Artist.
Raymond A Merriman
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Desireless : French singer famous for her huge hit...
Jessica Origliasso: TV Actress.
Alex Hepburn
Armin van Buuren: Dutch DJ & Producer.
Lisa Origliasso: Pop Singer.
Rob Mariano: American reality TV show star, this man...
Robin Campbell: British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40...
Jean-Marc Généreux
Barbara Mandrell: American entertainer, TV personality and...
Kenny Everett: British actor and comedian.
Tony Martin (American singer)
Noel Redding: Bass guitarist and songwriter who was...
Bernard Alane
Cab Calloway: American bandleader (Born 1907).
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Quentin Crisp: British character, the gay author of...
Sacha Trudeau
Noël Le Graët
Jürgen Roland
Marcel Maréchal: French actor, director and writer.
Alannah Myles: Canadian singer-songwriter and actress.
Giancarlo Baghetti: Italian race-car driver in Formula One.
Philippe Meyer
Jean-François Lucquin
Irish McCalla: American actress and artist who, as a 5'...
Vera Komarkova: Russian adventurer.
Grazka Taylor: Polish TV producer of commercial...
Michael Philip Anderson
Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira: Singer and icon of the Brazilian music.
Celia Lipton: British actress, singer and...
Don Alias
Georges Besse
Ronnia Fornstedt
Gary Sandy: American actor most noted for his role...
O'Kelly Isley: Jr.
Natália Guimarães
Marco Mengoni: Italian singer-songwriter.
Rickey Henderson: American baseball superstar who made his...
Kenneth Calman: Scottish Chief Medical officer in...
Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau van Vollenhoven
Noel Hogan: Irish guitarist and producer (The...
Henri Nannen: German publisher and editor-in-chief of...
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Angelica Garnett: English artist and writer, the daughter...
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CCH Pounder: Guyana-born actress.
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Laurent Bonnart: French footballer.
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Chris Rene: Rapper.
Mabel King: TV Actress.
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Eric Gordon: American basketball player.
Georgia Moffett: British actress.
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Trenesha Biggers: American wrestler and model.
Marguerite Churchill
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
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JonBenet Ramsey: American homicide victim, one of the...
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Byron Arnold: Composer, dies at 70.
Frankie Darro: Actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted...
George Rhodes: orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show),...
Nicolea Ceausescu: Dictator of Romania, executed.
Marguerite N Wittenberg: Entertainer, dies of cancer at 77.
Curt Bois: Actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies...
Sal Provenza: Entertainer, dies of lymphoma at 45.
Derek Prouse: Writer actor / director (Le Scandale),...
Jon Benet Ramsey: Colo child beauty queen, murdered at 6.
St Albert Chmielowski: Polish Catholic saint (Born 1845).
Ismet Inonu: Turkish statesman (Born 1884).
Ooka Shohei: Japanese novelist (Born 1909).
Pierre Victor Auger: French physicist (Born 1899).
Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer: dies at age 61.
Hans Huber composer: dies at age 69.
Alphonse Goovaerts composer: dies at age 75.
Sergei D Sazonov: Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies...
Harry T Moore: Florida NAACP official, is killed by a...
Liberty Hyde Bailey: US botanist (Plantbreeding), dies at age...
Frederick Law Olmsted: US architect (Central Park), dies at age...
Louis Neefs: Belgian singer, dies at age 43.
Ton Regtien: Dutch student leader, dies at age 51.
Barrel Regtien: student leader, dies.
Garrison H Davidson: US Lieutenant-General commandant (West...
Ted Croker: RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team...
Helen B M Fennell Joseph: English/South Africa anti-apartheid,...
Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky: Russian/American musicologist, dies at...
Rupert John: Governor-General of Grenadines...
Laurence Gower: academic, dies at age 84.
Giorgio Strehler: theatre director, dies at age 76.
George Steer: British journalist (Born 1909).
Leon Schlesinger: American film producer (Born 1884).
Gaspar G Bacon: American politician (Born 1886).
Neil Francis Hawkins: British fascist (Born 1903).
Margrethe Mather: photographer (Born 1886).
Charles Pathe: French pioneer of film and record...
Edward Pelham-Clinton: 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (Born...
Elena Ceausescu: Romanian politician(executed in...
Peter Jeffrey: English actor (Born 1929).
Gennady Strekalov: Russian cosmonaut (Born 1940).
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Hiroaki Hidaka: Japanese serial killer (Born 1962).
Desmond Barrick: English Cricketer (Born 1927).
Robert Barbers: Philippine senator (Born 1944).
Mighty King Kong: Kenyan reggae musician (Born 1973).
Jim Beauchamp: American baseball player (Born 1939).
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Robert Walser: Notable German-speaking Swiss writer.
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