Major Events
- 1 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
- 800 Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman Emperor
- 1066 William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest of England
- 1741 Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
- 1868 Despite bitter opposition, US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)
- 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigns as President of USSR in a televised speech
- More December 25 Events
Dec 25 in Film & TV
- 1962 "To Kill a Mockingbird", a film adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck, is released (Gregory Peck - Best Actor Academy Awards 1963)
Dec 25 in Music
- 1896 "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
Dec 25 in Sport
- 1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina
Did You Know?
Legendary "Christmas Truce" takes place on the battlefields of WWI between British and German troops. Instead of fighting, soldiers exchange gifts and play football
Pius VI
Clara Barton
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Anwar Sadat
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Justin Trudeau
Humphrey Bogart
Cab Calloway
Barbara Mandrell
Sissy Spacek
Adut Akech
Jimmy Buffett
Annie Lennox
Dido
Louis Chevrolet
Rickey Henderson
Fun Fact About December 25
Japanese scientist achieve -271.8°C, coldest temperature ever recorded
Famous Weddings
- 1871 Inventor Thomas Edison (24) marries 1st wife Mary Stilwell (16)
- 1871 Writer Ambrose Bierce (29) weds Mary Ellen Day
- 1949 British actor Cary Grant (45) weds actress Betsy Drake (26)
Famous Divorces
- 1945 Actor John Wayne (38) divorces Josephine Saenz (37) after 12 years of marriage
More December 25 Weddings
Samuel de Champlain
Charlie Chaplin
Billy Martin
Nicolae Ceausescu
James Brown
George Michael
