On this day: 25 December

Selected events and births on 25 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1046 – Henry III was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II. Read more: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor Pope Clement II
• 1100 – Baldwin I was crowned the first king of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Read more: Baldwin I of Jerusalem Monarch of Jerusalem Church of the Nativity
• 1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, based on the Christmas hymn written by Martin Luther in 1524. Read more: Johann Sebastian Bach Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91 Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
• 1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing. Read more: Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110
• 1758 – Based on predictions by Edmond Halley in 1705, Johann Georg Palitzsch observed a comet that was later named Halley's Comet . Read more: Edmond Halley Johann Georg Palitzsch Halley's Comet
• 1809 – American physician Ephraim McDowell performed the world's first removal of an ovarian tumor. Read more: Ephraim McDowell Ovarian tumor
• 1927 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, a revolutionary socialist political party that sought Vietnamese independence from French colonial rule, was formed in Hanoi. Read more: Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng French colonial empire Hanoi
• 1990 – British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor. Read more: Tim Berners-Lee WorldWideWeb Web browser
• 1991 – In a nationally televised speech, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union. Read more: Mikhail Gorbachev President of the Soviet Union
• 2000 – Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet Union. Read more: Vladimir Putin National anthem of Russia Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov

Born on this day

• 1949 – Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan Read more: Nawaz Sharif List of prime ministers of Pakistan
• 1965 – Ed Davey, English politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Read more: Ed Davey Leader of the Liberal Democrats
• 1971 – Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada Read more: Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada
• 1985 – Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukrainian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Ukraine Read more: Yulia Svyrydenko List of prime ministers of Ukraine
• 1988 – Eric Gordon, American basketball player Read more: Eric Gordon
• 1988 – Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player Read more: Lukas Hinds-Johnson
• 1991 – Avu-chan, Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer Read more: Avu-chan
• 1992 – Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler Read more: Mitakeumi Hisashi
• 1993 – Emi Takei, Japanese actress, fashion model and singer Read more: Emi Takei
• 1996 – Emiliano Buendía, Argentine footballer Read more: Emiliano Buendía
• 1999 – Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model Read more: Adut Akech
• 2000 – Wilfried Singo, Ivorian footballer Read more: Wilfried Singo

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