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2008-12-25
Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2009-01-8
Births
1583-12-25 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)
1587-12-25 - Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)
1628-12-25 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
1652-12-25 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)
1665-12-25 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
1667-12-25 - Ehrengard von der Schulenburg, English royal mistress (d. 1743)
1674-12-25 - Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)
1700-12-25 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
1709-12-25 - Hermfred Ehm, Bosnian computer biologist.
1711-12-25 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)
1716-12-25 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
1742-12-25 - Charlotte von Stein, German friend of Goethe (d. 1827)
1757-12-25 - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839)
1763-12-25 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
1771-12-25 - Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855)
1821-12-25 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
1856-12-25 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
1861-12-25 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
1863-12-25 - Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
1865-12-25 - Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)
1875-12-25 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Austrian archbishop (d. 1955)
1876-12-25 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)
1876-12-25 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, Nobel laureate (d. 1959)
1878-12-25 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)
1883-12-25 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)
1884-12-25 - Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
1886-12-25 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
1887-12-25 - Conrad Nicholson Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
1890-12-25 - Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
1891-12-25 - Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (d.1980)
1899-12-25 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)
1901-12-25 - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)
1902-12-25 - Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969)
1904-12-25 - Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1906-12-25 - Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born film producer (d. 1998)
1906-12-25 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
1907-12-25 - Cab Calloway, American bandleader (d. 1994)
1907-12-25 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
1907-12-25 - Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1990)
1908-12-25 - Quentin Crisp, English author (d. 1999)
1908-12-25 - Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)
1908-12-25 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer (d. 1996)
1912-12-25 - Tony Martin, American singer and actor
1912-12-25 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer (d. 1969)
1913-12-25 - Henri Nannen, German journalist (d. 1966)
1915-12-25 - Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer
1918-12-25 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
1918-12-25 - Ahmed Ben Bella, politician, first President of Algeria
1919-12-25 - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
1921-12-25 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
1924-12-25 - Rod Serling, American television writer (d. 1975)
1924-12-25 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
1925-12-25 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)
1927-12-25 - Nellie Fox, baseball player (d. 1975)
1928-12-25 - Dick Miller, American actor
1929-12-25 - Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
1930-12-25 - Emmanuel Agassi, father of Andre Agassi
1932-12-25 - Mabel King, American actress (d. 1999)
1935-12-25 - Al Jackson, baseball player
1936-12-25 - Princess Alexandra of Kent
1936-12-25 - Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer (d. 2005)
1937-12-25 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986)
1940-12-25 - Pete Brown, English poet and lyricist
1943-12-25 - Hanna Schygulla, German actress
1943-12-25 - Wilson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver
1944-12-25 - Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
1944-12-25 - Kenny Everett, British entertainer (d. 1995)
1944-12-25 - Henry Vestine, American musician (d. 1997)
1945-12-25 - Noel Redding, English musician (d. 2003)
1945-12-25 - Gary Sandy, American actor
1946-12-25 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
1946-12-25 - Larry Csonka, American football player
1946-12-25 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
1948-12-25 - Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress
1949-12-25 - Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949-12-25 - Sissy Spacek, American actress
1949-12-25 - Joe Louis Walker, American musician
1950-12-25 - Manny Trillo, baseball player
1950-12-25 - Karl Rove, American presidential advisor
1952-12-25 - CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress
1952-12-25 - Desireless, French singer
1954-12-25 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer
1954-12-25 - Steve Wariner, American country music singer
1955-12-25 - Alannah Myles, Canadian singer
1957-12-25 - Chris Kamara, English footballer and commentator
1957-12-25 - Shane MacGowan, Irish musician
1958-12-25 - Hanford Dixon, American football player
1958-12-25 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player
1959-12-25 - Michael P. Anderson, astronaut (d. 2003)
1961-12-25 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
1962-12-25 - Dean Cameron, American actor
1964-12-25 - Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer
1967-12-25 - Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
1968-12-25 - Helena Christensen, Danish model
1971-12-25 - Dido, English singer
1971-12-25 - Justin Trudeau, Canadian media personality
1971-12-25 - Noel Hogan, Irish musician
1972-12-25 - Josh Freese, American drummer
1973-12-25 - Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist
1973-12-25 - Robbie Elliott, English footballer
1975-12-25 - Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
1976-12-25 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist
1976-12-25 - Armin van Buuren, Dutch keyboardist
1978-12-25 - Joel Porter, Australian footballer
1978-12-25 - Simon Jones, English Cricketer
1979-12-25 - Emmanuel Agcopra, Mexican actor in Philippines
1979-12-25 - Jim Greco, American skateboarder
1980-12-25 - Marcus Trufant, American football player
1980-12-25 - Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress
1980-12-25 - Locó, Angolan footballer
1981-12-25 - Katie Wright, American actress
1981-12-25 - Willy Taveras, baseball player
1982-12-25 - Shawn Andrews, American football player
1982-12-25 - Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
1983-12-25 - Collin Bednar, base-ball pitcher
1984-12-25 - Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, Australian pop singers
1984-12-25 - Alastair Cook, English cricketer
1984-12-25 - Georgia Moffett, British actress
1985-12-25 - Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
1986-12-25 - Doug Loft, English footballer
1250-12-25 - John IV Lascaris, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. circa 1305)
Deaths
1156-12-25 - Peter the Venerable, Benedictine abbot of Cluny (b. c. 1092)
1635-12-25 - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)
1676-12-25 - Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
1676-12-25 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier (b. 1592)
1683-12-25 - Kara Mustafa, Ottoman general (b. 1634)
1758-12-25 - James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)
1765-12-25 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (born 1698)
1784-12-25 - Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716)
1824-12-25 - Barbara Juliana, Baroness von Krüdener, Russian writer (b. 1764)
1868-12-25 - Linus Yale, Jr., American mechanical engineer and inventor (b. 1821)
1880-12-25 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828)
1916-12-25 - St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845)
1921-12-25 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (b. 1853)
1925-12-25 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (b. 1877)
1926-12-25 - Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
1933-12-25 - Francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859)
1935-12-25 - Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)
1938-12-25 - Karel Capek, Czech author (b. 1890)
1940-12-25 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
1946-12-25 - W. C. Fields, American comedian (b. 1880)
1950-12-25 - Neil Francis Hawkins, British fascist (b. 1903)
1953-12-25 - Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865)
1961-12-25 - Otto Loewi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
1961-12-25 - Owen Brewster, U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1888)
1963-12-25 - Tristan Tzara, Romanian-born writer (b. 1896)
1971-12-25 - Maria Koepcke, ornithologist (b. 1924)
1973-12-25 - İsmet İnönü, Turkish statesman (b. 1884)
1973-12-25 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b. 1880)
1977-12-25 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor (b. 1889)
1979-12-25 - Joan Blondell, American actress (b. 1906)
1983-12-25 - Joan Miró, Catalan painter (b. 1893)
1988-12-25 - Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)
1989-12-25 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (executed) (b. 1918)
1989-12-25 - Elena Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (executed) (b. 1916)
1989-12-25 - Billy Martin, American baseball manager (b. 1928)
1992-12-25 - Monica Dickens, British writer (b. 1915)
1993-12-25 - Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)
1994-12-25 - Zail Singh, President of India (b. 1916)
1995-12-25 - Dean Martin, American singer (b. 1917)
1997-12-25 - Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)
1998-12-25 - John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1926)
1999-12-25 - Peter Jeffrey, English actor (b. 1929)
2000-12-25 - Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (b. 1908)
2003-12-25 - Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)
2005-12-25 - Birgit Nilsson, Swedish singer (b. 1918)
2005-12-25 - Robert Barbers, Philippine senator (b. 1944)
2006-12-25 - James Brown, American singer (b. 1933)
Events
1066-12-25 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1223-12-25 - St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene.
1261-12-25 - John IV Lascaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaeologus.
1599-12-25 - The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
1643-12-25 - Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary.
1776-12-25 - George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
1818-12-25 - The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
1837-12-25 - Battle of Okeechobee: United States forces defeat Seminole Indians.
1868-12-25 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
1868-12-25 - Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
1914-12-25 - World War I: Known as the Christmas truce, German and British troops on the Western Front temporarily cease fire.
1917-12-25 - Why Marry?, first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
1926-12-25 - Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
1932-12-25 - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people.
1939-12-25 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is read on the radio for the first time (CBS radio).
1939-12-25 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores.
1941-12-25 - Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
1941-12-25 - World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong.
1947-12-25 - The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
1950-12-25 - The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
1971-12-25 - In the longest game in NFL history (82m40s of game time), the Miami Dolphins defeat the Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City Municipal Stadium 27-24.
1973-12-25 - 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.
1974-12-25 - Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
1974-12-25 - Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
1977-12-25 - Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat.
1987-12-25 - In one of the highest-rated episodes in Coronation Street history, Hilda Ogden leaves her home of 23 years to be a char to her doctor in the country.
1989-12-25 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, former communist dictator of Romania, and his wife Elena are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.
1991-12-25 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day).
2003-12-25 - The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe which was released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
2004-12-25 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon, Titan on January 14, 2005.
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