25 December
Notable Births
Wilfried Singo
b. 2000
Ivorian footballer (born 2000)
Adut Akech
b. 1999
South Sudanese-Australian model (born 1999)
Emiliano Buendía
b. 1996
Argentine footballer (born 1996)
Emi Takei
b. 1993
Japanese actress and model
Mitakeumi Hisashi
b. 1992
Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Eric Gordon
b. 1988
American-Bahamian basketball player (born 1988)
Lukas Hinds-Johnson
b. 1988
German rugby union player
Joãozinho (footballer, born 1988)
b. 1988
Brazilian-Russian footballer
Ceyhun Gülselam
b. 1987
Turkish footballer (born 1987)
Demaryius Thomas
b. 1987
American football player (1987–2021)
Rusev (wrestler)
b. 1985
Bulgarian-American professional wrestler (born 1985)
Alastair Cook
b. 1984
English cricketer (born 1984)
Chris Richard (basketball)
b. 1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Shawn Andrews (American football)
b. 1982
American football player (born 1982)
Rob Edwards (footballer, born 1982)
b. 1982
Welsh footballer and manager (born 1982)
Ethan Kath
b. 1982
Canadian musician (born 1977)
Chris Rene
b. 1982
American musician
Rhaka Khan
b. 1981
American professional wrestler (born 1981)
Camille Herron
b. 1981
American ultramarathon runner
Christian Holst
b. 1981
Danish-Faroese footballer (born 1981)
Notable Deaths
Britt Allcroft
d. 2024
British filmmaker (1943–2024)
Bill Bergey
d. 2024
American football player (1945–2024)
Jax Dane
d. 2024
American professional wrestler (1981–2024)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
d. 2024
Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
Osamu Suzuki (businessman)
d. 2024
Japanese businessman (1930–2024)
Wayne Thiebaud
d. 2021
American painter (1920–2021)
K.C. Jones
d. 2020
American basketball player and coach (1932–2020)
Ari Behn
d. 2019
Norwegian author (1972–2019)
Sulagitti Narasamma
d. 2018
Indian midwife (1920–2018)
Valery Khalilov
d. 2016
Uzbek-Russian military band conductor and composer (1952–2016)
George Michael
d. 2016
English singer-songwriter (1963–2016)
Vera Rubin
d. 2016
American astronomer (1928–2016)
George Clayton Johnson
d. 2015
American writer (1929–2015)
Acharya S
d. 2015
American Christ myth theorist (1960–2015)
Ricardo Porro
d. 2014
Cuban architect (1925 - 2014)
Geoff Pullar
d. 2014
English cricketer (1935–2014)
David Ryall
d. 2014
English actor (1935–2014)
Mike Hegan
d. 2013
American baseball player (1942–2013)
James Brown
d. 2006
American musician (1933–2006)
Charlie Chaplin
d. 1977
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
On This Day in History
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2024
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of its occupants.
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
2021
The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
James Webb Space Telescope
2020
An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
2020 Nashville bombing
2019
Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines.
Typhoon Phanfone
2016
A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.
Ministry of Defence (Russia)
2012
An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
Antonov An-72
2012
Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to Heho Airport in Heho, Myanmar, killing two people.
Air Bagan Flight 011
2007
A Siberian tiger named Tatania escapes her exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three people, killing one and injuring two more.
Siberian tiger
2004
The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
Cassini–Huygens
2003
UTA Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.
UTA Flight 141
2003
The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
Beagle 2
1999
Cubana de Aviación Flight 310, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Bejuma, Carabobo State, Venezuela, killing 22 people.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 310
1996
The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.
Killing of JonBenét Ramsey
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.
Mikhail Gorbachev
1989
Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
Romanian revolution
1986
Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people.
Iraqi Airways Flight 163
1977
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
Menachem Begin
1976
EgyptAir Flight 864, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.
EgyptAir Flight 864
1971
A fire at the Daeyeonggak Hotel in Seoul, South Korea kills 164 people.
Daeyeonggak Hotel fire
1968
Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
Apollo program