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December 25
336 - The first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25 took place in Rome.
1066 - William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
1776 - George Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians.
1818 - "Silent Night" was performed for the first time at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
1821 - Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, was born in Oxford, Massachusetts.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1926 - Hirohito became emperor of Japan.
1977 - British film actor, director and producer Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland at age 88.
1989 - Former Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were executed.
1990 - The World Wide Web, the system providing quick access to websites over the Internet, was born in Geneva, Switzerland as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the world's first hyperlinked webpage.
1991 - President Mikhail Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, a communist super power that had already gone out of existence.
1995 - Singer Dean Martin died at age 78.
1999 - Space shuttle Discovery’s astronauts finished their repair job on the Hubble Space Telescope and released it back into orbit.
2003 - Sixteen people were killed by mudslides that swept over campgrounds in California’s San Bernardino Valley.
2006 - Soul singer James Brown died at age 73.
2009 - Passengers aboard a Northwest Airlines flight foiled an attempt to blow up the plane as it was landing in Detroit by seizing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian accused of trying to set off explosives in his underwear.
2009 - The Taliban released a video purporting to show Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier who’d gone missing more than five months earlier in eastern Afghanistan. (Bergdahl was released in May 2014.)
2018 - In a Christmas Day appearance in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued a lengthy defense of his demand for a border wall; he said parts of the federal government would stay closed until Democrats agreed to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements.
Birthdays
31 - Lukas Nelson (singer)
32 - Jorgie Porter (actress)
34 - Perdita Weeks (actress)
34 - Alexander Rusev (professional wrestler)
37 - Alecia Elliott (country singer)
39 - Ryan Shaw (singer)
48 - Dido (singer)
51 - Klea Scott (actress)
51 - Helena Christensen (model)
61 - Rickey Henderson (baseball player)
62 - Shane MacGowan (singer)
65 - Steve Wariner (country singer)
65 - Annie Lennox (singer)
70 - Sissy Spacek (actress)
71 - Barbara Mandrell (country singer)
73 - Larry Csonka (football player)
73 - Jimmy Buffett (singer)
74 - Gary Sandy (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 25
1894 - The University of Chicago became the first Midwestern football team to play on the west coast. Chicago defeated Stanford, 24-4, in Palo Alto, California.
1971 - The longest pro-football game to date finally ended when Garo Yepremian kicked a field goal in the second quarter of sudden death overtime. The Miami Dolphins defeated Kansas City, 27-24. The total game time was 82 minutes and 40 seconds.
1989 - Former New York Yankees player and manager Billy Martin died at age 61 in an automobile accident.
2008 - Phil Jackson becomes the sixth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games.
336 - The first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25 took place in Rome.
1066 - William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
1776 - George Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians.
1818 - "Silent Night" was performed for the first time at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
1821 - Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, was born in Oxford, Massachusetts.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1926 - Hirohito became emperor of Japan.
1977 - British film actor, director and producer Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland at age 88.
1989 - Former Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were executed.
1990 - The World Wide Web, the system providing quick access to websites over the Internet, was born in Geneva, Switzerland as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the world's first hyperlinked webpage.
1991 - President Mikhail Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, a communist super power that had already gone out of existence.
1995 - Singer Dean Martin died at age 78.
1999 - Space shuttle Discovery’s astronauts finished their repair job on the Hubble Space Telescope and released it back into orbit.
2003 - Sixteen people were killed by mudslides that swept over campgrounds in California’s San Bernardino Valley.
2006 - Soul singer James Brown died at age 73.
2009 - Passengers aboard a Northwest Airlines flight foiled an attempt to blow up the plane as it was landing in Detroit by seizing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian accused of trying to set off explosives in his underwear.
2009 - The Taliban released a video purporting to show Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier who’d gone missing more than five months earlier in eastern Afghanistan. (Bergdahl was released in May 2014.)
2018 - In a Christmas Day appearance in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued a lengthy defense of his demand for a border wall; he said parts of the federal government would stay closed until Democrats agreed to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements.
Birthdays
31 - Lukas Nelson (singer)
32 - Jorgie Porter (actress)
34 - Perdita Weeks (actress)
34 - Alexander Rusev (professional wrestler)
37 - Alecia Elliott (country singer)
39 - Ryan Shaw (singer)
48 - Dido (singer)
51 - Klea Scott (actress)
51 - Helena Christensen (model)
61 - Rickey Henderson (baseball player)
62 - Shane MacGowan (singer)
65 - Steve Wariner (country singer)
65 - Annie Lennox (singer)
70 - Sissy Spacek (actress)
71 - Barbara Mandrell (country singer)
73 - Larry Csonka (football player)
73 - Jimmy Buffett (singer)
74 - Gary Sandy (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 25
1894 - The University of Chicago became the first Midwestern football team to play on the west coast. Chicago defeated Stanford, 24-4, in Palo Alto, California.
1971 - The longest pro-football game to date finally ended when Garo Yepremian kicked a field goal in the second quarter of sudden death overtime. The Miami Dolphins defeated Kansas City, 27-24. The total game time was 82 minutes and 40 seconds.
1989 - Former New York Yankees player and manager Billy Martin died at age 61 in an automobile accident.
2008 - Phil Jackson becomes the sixth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games.