12-24-2004, 09:24 PM
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December 25th
800 ~ Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
1066 ~ Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1223 ~ Saint Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene.
1642 ~ Birthday of Sir Isaac Newton, physicist and mathematician.
1821 ~ Birthday of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross.
1914 ~ World War I: The "Christmas truce" began.
1918 ~ Birthday of Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president.
1938 ~ Birthday of Karel Čapek, Czech author, inventor of the word robot.
1989 ~ Death of Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (executed).
1991 ~ Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day).
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