Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, Christmas Day, December 25th
December 25th 2007 01:14
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
What Happen On Christmas
0001 - 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
0352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
1651 - Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
1776 - Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians
1818 - 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night" by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr) sung (Austria)
1831 - Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved
in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1896 - "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
1914 - During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and even playing football together on the Western Front.
1932 - During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
1939 - Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer
1939 - "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was read on CBS radio for the first time.
1941 - Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese.
1941 - Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan from attack on Pearl Harbor
1942 - Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
1950 - Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland
1957 - Ed Gein judged insane and committed to Waupan State Hospital for a life sentence
1962 - The Department of Commerce Census Clock in Washington, DC, recorded the U.S. population on this day as 188,000,000.
1963 - Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released
1964 - "Goldfinger" premieres in US
1964 - George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
1967 - Paul McCartney & Jane Asher get engaged
1971 - The longest pro-football game to date finally ended when Garo Yepremian kicked a field goal in the second quarter of sudden death overtime. The Miami Dolphins defeated Kansas City, 27-24. The total game time was 82 minutes and 40 seconds.
1973 - Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 year cycle tour (799,405 miles)
1974 - Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
1979 - USSR invaded Afghanistan in a bid to halt civil war and protect USSR interests.
1983 - 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
1984 - NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points
1987 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
1989 - Japanese scientist achieves -271.8ºC(-521.25F), coldest temp ever recorded
1989 - Former baseball player and manager Billy Martin died in a truck crash.
1990 - "Godfather III" premieres
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the Soviet Union itself is dissolved the next day).
1997 - For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
1997 - Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1998 - Seven days into their journey, Richard Branson, Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand of Sweden gave up their attempt to make the first nonstop round-the-world balloon flight. They ditched near Hawaii.
2003 - The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe which was released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
2004 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon, Titan on January 14, 2005.
Famous Birthday’s
1893 - Robert L Ripley Santa Rosa CA, cartoonist (Believe It or Not)
1899 - Humphrey Bogart New York NY, actor, Here's looking at you, kid (Casablanca)
1902 - Barton MacLane Columbia SC, actor (General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)
1907 - Cab[ell] Calloway [III] Rochester NY, bandleader (Minnie the Moocher, Jazzball, Blues Brothers)
1908 - Frank Ferguson California, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)
1912 - Tony Martin Oakland CA, singer (Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love)
1945 - Gary Sandy Dayton OH, actor (Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati)
1946 - Jimmy Buffett Mobile AL, singer/songwriter (Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Volcano)
1948 - Barbara Mandrell Houston TX, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters)
1949 - Sissy Spacek Quitman TX (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter)
1958 - Rickey Henderson Chicago IL, baseball player (stolen base king, A's, Yankees)
1960 - Amy Grant singer (That's What Love Is, Baby Baby)
Famous Death’s
1946 - W. C. Fields, Actor/comedian(Alice in Wonderland, Follow the Boy’s) (b. 1880)
1977 - Charlie Chaplin actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88
1989 - Billy Martin New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
1995 - Dean Martin singer/actor (The Sons of Katie Elder, 5 Card Stud), dies at 78
1996 - Jon Benet Ramsey Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6
1997 - Denver Pyle actor (Uncle Jesse on the Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 77
Christmas Jokes
A Christmas Gift
A guy bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for Christmas.
After hearing about this extravagant gift, a friend of his said, "I thought she wanted one of those sporty four-wheel-drive vehicles."
"She did," he replied. "But where was I going to find a fake Jeep?"
A Sign of the Times
As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what would you like for Christmas?"
The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped: "Didn't you get my E-mail?"
At Grandma's
Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs.
"I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE...
I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO...
I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR..."
His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf." To which the little brother replied, "No, but Gramma is!"
World Records
Largest Monkey
The male mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) or man-ape of equatorial West Africa has an average head and body length of 61-76 cm (24-30 in) and a tail length of 5.2-7.6 cm (2-3 in). Adult males weigh an average of 25 kg (55 lb), although specimens weighting up to 54 kg (119 lb) and measuring 50.8 cm (20 in) to the shoulder have been known. The mandrill is also one of the most colourful mammals, recognized by its naked vivid-blue rump, red-striped face and yellow beard.
Treadmill, Distance Run in 24 Hours, Female
The greatest distance travelled on a treadmill in 24 hours by a woman is 247.2 km (153.6 miles) by Edit Berces (Hungary) at the Eurocentre Shopping Mall, Budapest, Hungary on 8-9 March 2004.
Treadmill, Distance Run in 24 Hours - Male
The record for the greatest distance travelled on a treadmill in 24 hours is 153.76 miles (247.45 km) and was set by Christopher Bergland (USA) at Kiehl's, New York City, USA on 29-30 April 2004.
What Happen On Christmas
0001 - 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
0352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
1651 - Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
1776 - Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians
1818 - 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night" by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr) sung (Austria)
1831 - Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved
in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1896 - "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
1914 - During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and even playing football together on the Western Front.
1932 - During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
1939 - Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer
1939 - "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was read on CBS radio for the first time.
1941 - Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese.
1941 - Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan from attack on Pearl Harbor
1942 - Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
1950 - Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland
1957 - Ed Gein judged insane and committed to Waupan State Hospital for a life sentence
1962 - The Department of Commerce Census Clock in Washington, DC, recorded the U.S. population on this day as 188,000,000.
1963 - Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released
1964 - "Goldfinger" premieres in US
1964 - George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
1967 - Paul McCartney & Jane Asher get engaged
1971 - The longest pro-football game to date finally ended when Garo Yepremian kicked a field goal in the second quarter of sudden death overtime. The Miami Dolphins defeated Kansas City, 27-24. The total game time was 82 minutes and 40 seconds.
1973 - Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 year cycle tour (799,405 miles)
1974 - Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
1979 - USSR invaded Afghanistan in a bid to halt civil war and protect USSR interests.
1983 - 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
1984 - NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points
1987 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
1989 - Japanese scientist achieves -271.8ºC(-521.25F), coldest temp ever recorded
1989 - Former baseball player and manager Billy Martin died in a truck crash.
1990 - "Godfather III" premieres
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the Soviet Union itself is dissolved the next day).
1997 - For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
1997 - Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1998 - Seven days into their journey, Richard Branson, Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand of Sweden gave up their attempt to make the first nonstop round-the-world balloon flight. They ditched near Hawaii.
2003 - The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe which was released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
2004 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon, Titan on January 14, 2005.
Famous Birthday’s
1893 - Robert L Ripley Santa Rosa CA, cartoonist (Believe It or Not)
1899 - Humphrey Bogart New York NY, actor, Here's looking at you, kid (Casablanca)
1902 - Barton MacLane Columbia SC, actor (General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)
1907 - Cab[ell] Calloway [III] Rochester NY, bandleader (Minnie the Moocher, Jazzball, Blues Brothers)
1908 - Frank Ferguson California, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)
1912 - Tony Martin Oakland CA, singer (Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love)
1945 - Gary Sandy Dayton OH, actor (Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati)
1946 - Jimmy Buffett Mobile AL, singer/songwriter (Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Volcano)
1948 - Barbara Mandrell Houston TX, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters)
1949 - Sissy Spacek Quitman TX (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter)
1958 - Rickey Henderson Chicago IL, baseball player (stolen base king, A's, Yankees)
1960 - Amy Grant singer (That's What Love Is, Baby Baby)
Famous Death’s
1946 - W. C. Fields, Actor/comedian(Alice in Wonderland, Follow the Boy’s) (b. 1880)
1977 - Charlie Chaplin actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88
1989 - Billy Martin New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
1995 - Dean Martin singer/actor (The Sons of Katie Elder, 5 Card Stud), dies at 78
1996 - Jon Benet Ramsey Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6
1997 - Denver Pyle actor (Uncle Jesse on the Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 77
Christmas Jokes
A Christmas Gift
A guy bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for Christmas.
After hearing about this extravagant gift, a friend of his said, "I thought she wanted one of those sporty four-wheel-drive vehicles."
"She did," he replied. "But where was I going to find a fake Jeep?"
A Sign of the Times
As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what would you like for Christmas?"
The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped: "Didn't you get my E-mail?"
At Grandma's
Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs.
"I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE...
I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO...
I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR..."
His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf." To which the little brother replied, "No, but Gramma is!"
World Records
Largest Monkey
The male mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) or man-ape of equatorial West Africa has an average head and body length of 61-76 cm (24-30 in) and a tail length of 5.2-7.6 cm (2-3 in). Adult males weigh an average of 25 kg (55 lb), although specimens weighting up to 54 kg (119 lb) and measuring 50.8 cm (20 in) to the shoulder have been known. The mandrill is also one of the most colourful mammals, recognized by its naked vivid-blue rump, red-striped face and yellow beard.
Treadmill, Distance Run in 24 Hours, Female
The greatest distance travelled on a treadmill in 24 hours by a woman is 247.2 km (153.6 miles) by Edit Berces (Hungary) at the Eurocentre Shopping Mall, Budapest, Hungary on 8-9 March 2004.
Treadmill, Distance Run in 24 Hours - Male
The record for the greatest distance travelled on a treadmill in 24 hours is 153.76 miles (247.45 km) and was set by Christopher Bergland (USA) at Kiehl's, New York City, USA on 29-30 April 2004.
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