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World War I Soldiers Hold Christmas Truce 1914 and other Unusual Historical Events that Happened on Christmas

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Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Melly C Tenorio
738 DZRB AM Band, 8-9 evening class, Monday to Friday



 
 



Researched and compiled by Dr Abe V Rotor 
Living with Nature School on Blog
Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Melly C Tenorio
738 DZRB AM Band, 8-9 evening class, Monday to Friday

Other unusual historical Events that Happened in Christmas 
  1. Christmas Day, 1990, The Internet Gets Its First Test Run
  2. Washington Crosses the Delaware River in 1776
  3. USSR Invades Afghanistan in 1979
  4. Isaac Newton Was Born on Christmas Day
  5. Charlie Chaplin Passes Away
  6. Apollo 8 Reaches the Moon’s Orbit
  7. Mikhail Gorbachev Resigns as Soviet President
  8. The Song ‘Silent Night’ Is First Performed in Public
  9. President Andrew Johnson Pardons All Confederate Soldiers
  10. Charlemagne Crowned Holy Roman Emperor, year 800.
  11. William the Conqueror Crowned King of England, 1066
  12. Ford Model T Unveiled, 1913
  13. Andrew Johnson Pardons All Confederate Soldiers, 1868
  14. Hirohito Becomes Emperor of Japan, 1926
  15. President Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu of Romania Executed, 1989 
  16. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, former presidents of the US, Die, 1826 
  17. A 2004 earthquake in south-east Asia, measuring 9.3 on the Richter scale, led to a devastating group of tsunamis the next day, which would ultimately kill over 200,000 people. 
  18. Christmas day is also the birthday of (among many other notables) cosmetics tycoon Helena Rubenstein, Egypitian president Anwar Sadat, and Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. and several entertainers.  

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