Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25

1887  Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels) on this day in history.   

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

1891  Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner) on December - 25.   

1892  Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author on December - 25.   

1893  Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football   

1895  Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32 on December - 25.   

1896  On December - 25 "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa   

1898  On this day in history theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter   

1899  The birth of Humphrey Bogart, American actor on December - 25.   

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  On this day in history arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany   

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

1901  On this day in history battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits   

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

1902  On December - 25 clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC   

1902  Barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie) on December - 25.   

1903  Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer on December - 25.   

1904  On this day in history gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971)   

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

1905  On December - 25 v Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC   

1906  Clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69) on December - 25.   

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  On this day in history edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC   

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  Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans) on December - 25.   

1915  On December - 25 irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC   

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

1921  Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)   

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.   

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

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on December - 25.   

1628  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer   

0795  Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies on December - 25.   

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on this day in history.   

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 December - 25.   

1513  On this day in history johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on this day in history.   

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

1676  Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on December - 25.