1. For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion - 1997
2. Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show - 1997
3. "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 8 performances - 1994
4. Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala - 1991
5. Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of U.S.S.R. - 1991
6. "Godfather III" premieres - 1990
7. Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded - 1989
8. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured - 1987
9. NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points - 1984
10. 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade - 1983
11. Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians - 1982
12. Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur - 1979
13. U.S.S.R. airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan - 1979
14. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt - 1977
15. Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed - 1976
16. Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier - 1976
17. Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia - 1974
18. Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles) - 1973
19. England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi - 1972
20. Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24 - 1971
21. Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson - 1971
22. Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul - 1971
23. 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor - 1969
24. India all out for 163 at Madras vs. Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91 - 1969
25. Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon - 1968
26. Paul McCartney and Jane Asher get engaged - 1967
27. George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans - 1964
28. "Goldfinger" premieres in US - 1964
29. Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released - 1963
30. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
31. A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas - 1959
32. Richard Starkey receives his 1st drum set - 1959
33. Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market - 1959
34. Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens - 1958
35. Ed Gein found insane of murder - 1957
36. Cleveland Browns win NFL championship - 1955
37. Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music - 1955
38. WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
39. Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand) - 1953
40. 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust vs. WI at Adelaide - 1951
41. West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket - 1951
42. Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game - 1950
43. Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland - 1950
44. Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart - 1950
45. Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) - 1947
46. Constitution accepted in Taiwan - 1946
47. Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death - 1942
48. British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter - 1942
49. Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad - 1942
50. Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong - 1941
51. Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan - 1941
52. Bradman out 1st ball for SA vs. Victoria before 6213 - 1940
53. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Pal Joey," premieres in New York City - 1940
54. Grimmett and Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156) - 1939
55. Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer - 1939
56. George Cukor announces Vivien Leigh will play Scarlett O'Hara - 1938
57. Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio - 1937
58. Queensland all out for 93 vs. SA in front of 10,436 - 1937
59. Belgian bishops condemn fascism and communism - 1936
60. Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA vs. Queensland before 4,865 - 1936
61. Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 - 1934
62. Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth," premieres in New York City - 1934
63. Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett - 1933
64. Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor - 1933
65. Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart - 1933
66. During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes - 1932
67. Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,697 - 1931
68. Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart - 1931
69. NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio - 1931
70. Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens - 1930
71. Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,422 - 1930
72. Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500 - 1930
73. Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390 - 1929
74. Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic vs. NSW) 14,887 - 1928
75. NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps - 1928
76. Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1926-1989 - 1926
77. Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St. New York City - 1923
78. Lenin dictates his "Political testament" - 1922
79. Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in New York City - 1917
80. "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in New York City - 1917
81. Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in New York City - 1915
82. Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans) - 1914
83. Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in New York City - 1911
84. Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes 1st black heavyweight champ - 1908
85. V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in New York City - 1905
86. Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in New York City - 1902
87. Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits - 1901
88. Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany - 1900
89. Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade - 1899
90. "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa - 1896
91. 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California in football - 1894
92. 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia - 1888
93. Lambs Club in New York forms - 1875
94. Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) - 1868
95. 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC - 1862
96. New Haven Railroad opens - 1848
97. 1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York City) - 1843
98. Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians - 1837
99. Charles Darwins company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand - 1835
100. Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile - 1834
101. Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia - 1833
102. Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in St. Martin at Cape Receiver - 1832
103. Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday - 1831
104. Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres - 1830
105. 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria) - 1818
106. Handel's Messiah, U.S. premieres in Boston - 1818
107. Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians - 1776
108. Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate - 1775
109. Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught" - 1760
110. Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return - 1758
111. Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden - 1745
112. Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians - 1745
113. Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale - 1741
114. Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed - 1717
115. English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France - 1688
116. Lord Delamere sides with King James II - 1688
117. English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland - 1683
118. Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas" - 1651
119. Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France - 1641
120. Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis - 1640
121. Gov William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas - 1621
122. Johan Sigismund of Brandenburg becomes protestant - 1613
123. Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th - 1582
124. Turkish troops occupy Rhodos - 1522
125. Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic - 1492
126. St. Francis of Assisi assembles 1st Nativity scene (Greccio, Italy) - 1223
127. Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily - 1130
128. Norbertus van Xanten finds order of the Norbertijnen - 1121
129. Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans - 1101
130. Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned king of Jerusalem - 1100
131. William the Conqueror, crowned king of England - 1066
132. Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX - 1048
133. Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor - 1046
134. Monarch Istvan crowned king of Hungary - 1000
135. Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne - 0999
136. Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom - 0979
137. Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium - 0969
138. John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor - 0967
139. Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome - 0875
140. Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor - 0800
141. Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0795
142. Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers - 0604
143. England adopts Julian calendar - 0597
144. French king Clovis baptises himself - 0498
145. Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica - 0390
146. 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th - 0352
147. Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th - 0337
148. 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus - 0001
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