Historical Events In December - 25

1887  Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels) on December - 25.   

1888  1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia on December - 25.   

1891  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner)   

1892  On December - 25 rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author   

1893  Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million) on December - 25.   

1894  1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football on December - 25.   

1895  Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1896  "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa on this day in history.   

1898  Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 25 the birth of Humphrey Bogart, American actor   

1899  Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade on December - 25.   

1899  On December - 25 frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place)   

1900  Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany on this day in history.   

1900  Barton Maclane, Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie) on this day in history.   

1901  Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits on December - 25.   

1901  Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II on December - 25.   

1902  Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

1902  Barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie) on this day in history.   

1903  Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer on December - 25.   

1904  On December - 25 gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971)   

1904  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 on December - 25.   

1905  V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69)   

1907  On this day in history cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)   

1908  On this day in history frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)   

1911  Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1914  Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the German troops along the Eastern and Western fronts cease firing their guns and artillery, and start singing Christmas carols and playing brass musical instruments; at first light, many German soldiers emerge from their trenches and cross No Man's Land, calling out Merry Christmas in English and French; at first the Allied soldiers suspect a trick, but soon they are shaking hands with the Boche; swapping cigarettes and plum pudding, and even playing soccer; the Christmas Truce lasts a few days, then it is back to the bloody conflict of World War I; there are no more Christmas Truces on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history sS Therese Heymann. This Ropner ship left the Tyne and was posted missing thereafter. No information about her fate is known but she may have been mined off Filey, Yorkshire as was the fate of many other vessels.   

1914  On December - 25 legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans)   

1915  Irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1917  "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

1921  On this day in history hans Huber, composer, dies at 69   

1922  On December - 25 -Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament"   

1922  On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75   

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1250  On December - 25 birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On December - 25 birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer   

0795  On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies   

0820  On this day in history death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered   

1156  On December - 25 peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61   

1249  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on this day in history.   

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on December - 25.   

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on December - 25.   

1676  On December - 25 death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)