Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25

1887  On this day in history conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels)   

1888  On this day in history 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia   

1891  Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history 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  On December - 25 "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa   

1898  Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter on December - 25.   

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

1899  Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade on this day in history.   

1899  Frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place) on December - 25.   

1900  Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 25 barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)   

1903  On this day in history antiochos Evanghelatos, composer   

1904  Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61   

1905  On this day in history v Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC   

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

1907  On December - 25 cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)   

1908  On December - 25 frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)   

1911  On this day in history edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC   

1914  On December - 25 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.   

1914  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 on December - 25.   

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

1921  On December - 25 hans Huber, composer, dies at 69   

1922  -Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament" on this day in history.   

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

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on December - 25.   

1583  On this day in history 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  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

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

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer   

0795  On December - 25 adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies   

0820  On December - 25 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  On December - 25 johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

1530  On this day in history babur, emperor of Delhi, dies   

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

1676  On this day in history death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)