Page 8: Historical Events In December - 25

1995  Dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78 on December - 25.   

2000  On this day in history a bank machine in a supermarket in the town of Antibes France paid double the withdrawal amount while only recording the correct amount (Merry Christmas)   

2000  A Christmas day fire killed 309 people at a dance hall in the central Chinese city of Luoyang on December - 25.   

2007  On this day in history an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo kills one person and injures two others.   

2007  On this day in history an overcrowded suspension bridge collapsed near Nepalgunj, Nepal. At least 15 people are dead, with 100 to 200 missing.   

2007  On this day in history queen Elizabeth II broadcasts her 50th televised Royal Christmas Message to the Commonwealth.   

2012  On this day in history 27 people are killed after an Antonov An-72 plane crashes near Shymkent, Kazakhstan   

2019  20 people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines on December - 25.   

2021  NASA, ESA, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope on this day in history.   

2024  On this day in history azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, crashes in Kazakhstan. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash.   

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

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

1628  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies   

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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