Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25

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

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

1891  On December - 25 clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner)   

1892  Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million)   

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

1895  On December - 25 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32   

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

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

1899  On this day in history the birth of Humphrey Bogart, American actor   

1899  On December - 25 farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade   

1899  Frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place) on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 25 arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany   

1900  On this day in history barton Maclane, Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)   

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

1901  On December - 25 alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II   

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

1902  On this day in history barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)   

1903  Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer on December - 25.   

1904  Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971) on December - 25.   

1904  On December - 25 per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61   

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

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  Frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal) on this day in history.   

1911  Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

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 December - 25.   

1914  On December - 25 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  On December - 25 irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC   

1917  On this day in history "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC   

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

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

1922  Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On December - 25 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 this day in history.   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

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  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.   

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

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on December - 25.   

1156  On this day in history 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 December - 25.   

1635  On December - 25 death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)   

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