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Have you ever wondered what other historical events took place on Christmas Day? Here's some Christmas Trivia you may or may not have been aware of: (comments section)
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Added: 25th December 2007
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Posted by: Babs64 on 2007-12-25
1223 - St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene
1776 - George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
1818 - The first performance of Silent Night takes place in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
1941 - Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
1968 - Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit
1971 - In the longest game in NFL history (82m40s of game time), the Miami Dolphins defeat the Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City Municipal Stadium 27-24
1974 - Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
1989 - Nicolae Ceau#351;escu, former communist dictator of Romania, and his wife Elena are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.
1990 - The first successful communication between a client and server via the Internet is established.
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union
2004 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
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