What happend on 25th December

24.12
26.12
1939

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is read on the radio for the first time (CBS radio)

1939

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores

1932

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people

1926

Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, succeeding the Taisho Emperor.

1917

Why Marry?, first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City

1914

World War I: The Christmas truce: Just after midnight on Christmas morning, German and British troops on the Western Front cease firing their guns and artillery and sing Christmas carols. Crossing the No man's land, they trade gifts with the enemy forces that face them. They also played a game of soccer with a makeshift soccer ball (fashioned by the Germans) This truce lasts for several days, depending on the location.

1868

Ezo Republic founded in Hokkaido by Shogunate rebels.

1868

US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.

1837

Battle of Okeechobee

1818

The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria).