What are the important events that happened on December 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 25 is the 360th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 6 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 12, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,968 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 35 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,387 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 25 Historical Events
- 1000 –The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
- 1261 –John IV Lascaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaeologus.
- 1553 –Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1599 –The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
- 1946 –The first in Europe artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within Soviet nuclear reactor F-1.
- 1968 –42 Dalits are burned alive in Kilavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, India, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit labourers.
- 1968 –Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
- 1990 –The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.
- 2000 –Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.
- 2003 –The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
Who were born on December 25?
- 1584 –Margaret of Austria, queen of Spain and Portugal (d. 1611)
- 1821 –Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
- 1873 –Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-born American dairy educator (d. 1959)
- 1891 –Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (d. 1980)
- 1906 –Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born film producer (d. 1998)
- 1926 –Enrique Jorrín, Cuban composer and musician (d. 1987)
- 1949 –Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
- 1976 –Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ & Producer
- 1980 –Marcus Trufant, American football player
- 1987 –Justin Sweeney, Australian rules footballer
Who died on December 25?
- 795 –Pope Adrian I
- 1875 –Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
- 1947 –Gaspar G. Bacon, American politician (b. 1886)
- 1961 –Owen Brewster, American politician (b. 1888)
- 1979 –Jordi Bonet, Quebec muralist and sculptor (b. 1932)
- 1988 –Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)
- 1989 –Nicolae Ceauşescu, former President of S.R.Romania (b. 1918)
- 2004 –Gennady Strekalov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1940)
- 2006 –James Brown, American singer (b. 1933)
- 2011 –Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
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