Editing December 25 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: A [[Christmas truce|series of unofficial truces]] occur across the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] to celebrate [[Christmas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ashworth |first=Tony |title=Trench Warfare 1914–1918: The Live-and-Let-Live System |publisher=Pan |year=2000 |isbn=0330480685 |location=London}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[National Protection War]] breaks out against the [[Empire of China (1915–1916)|Empire of China]], as military leaders [[Cai E]] and [[Tang Jiyao]] proclaim the independence of [[Yunnan]] and begin a campaign to restore the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ke-wen Wang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5irhLHE6gUC&q=tang+jiyao&pg=PA230 |title=Modern China: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1998 |isbn=0-8153-0720-9 |page=230 |access-date=2010-10-31}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar|B. R. Ambedkar]] and his followers burn copies of the [[Manusmriti]] in [[Mahad]], [[Maharashtra]], to protest its treatment of [[Dalit]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sofia Babu |year=2020 |title=25th December 1927, Manusmriti Dahan Divas: A historical day to remember |url=https://english.madhyamam.com/india/25th-december-1927-manusmriti-dahan-divas-a-historical-day-to-remember-624232 |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; A [[1932 Changma earthquake|magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China]] kills 275 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3507|title=Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year=1972 |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]], appointed commander of the [[United States Pacific Fleet|U.S. Pacific Fleet]] on December 17,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoyt |first=Edwin P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1JBBAAAQBAJ |title=How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals |date=2012 |publisher=Lyons Press |isbn=9780762772858 |location=Guilford, Conn. |page=25}}</ref> arrives at Pearl Harbor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weintraub |first=Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgABAwAAQBAJ |title=Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 |date=2011 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=9780306820618 |location=Cambridge, Mass. |page=99}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Hong Kong]] ends, beginning the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 2008 |title=Hong Kong's "Black Christmas" |work=China Daily |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-12/08/content_7279606.htm |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; Admiral [[Émile Muselier]] seizes the archipelago of [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]], which become the first part of France to be liberated by the [[Free French Forces]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title=University of New Brunswick {{!}} UNB Canadian Military Planning and the St. Pierre and Miquelon Affair, 1940 |journal=Acadiensis |date=9 September 2003 |pages=47 |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/acadiensis/article/view/10684/11369 |last1=Auger |first1=Martin F. }}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The first European self-sustaining [[nuclear chain reaction]] is initiated within the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[F-1 (nuclear reactor)|F-1 nuclear reactor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The World's Oldest Operating Reactor: The Russian F-1 |url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Russreac.html |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=The Nuclear Weapon Archive}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Stone of Scone]], traditional coronation stone of [[British Monarch|British monarchs]], [[Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950|is taken from Westminster Abbey]] by [[Scottish nationalism|Scottish nationalist]] students. It later turns up in Scotland on [[April 11]], 1951.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 March 2004 |title=Defining our destiny |work=The Scotsman |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/defining-our-destiny-1-519098 |url-status=dead |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227073141/http://www.scotsman.com/news/defining-our-destiny-1-519098 |archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; A bomb [[Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore|explodes]] at the home of [[Harry T. Moore]] and [[Harriette Moore|Harriette V. S. Moore]], early leaders of the [[Civil Rights Movement]], killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crist |first=Charlie |date=2006-08-16 |title=The Christmas 1951 Murders of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore; Results of the Attorney General's Investigation: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |url=https://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/investigation/0608MooreExecSum.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113223626/http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/investigation/0608MooreExecSum.pdf |archive-date=2006-11-13 |access-date=2018-02-27}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] conducts its final above-ground [[1962 Soviet nuclear tests|nuclear weapon test]], in anticipation of the 1963 [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; Turkish Cypriot [[Bayrak]] Radio begins transmitting in [[Cyprus]] after [[Turkish Cypriots]] are forcibly excluded from [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orloff |first=Richard W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U1QgAAAAIAAJ |title=Apollo by the Numbers |date=2000 |publisher=[[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] |isbn=9780160506314 |page=39}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Kilvenmani massacre]]: Forty-four [[Dalit]]s (untouchables) are burnt to death in [[Kizhavenmani]] village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manikandan |first=M |date=24 December 2017 |title=Fire of 1968 still burning inside |work=The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/dec/24/fire-of-1968-still-burning-inside-1735689.html |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[EgyptAir Flight 864]], a [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-366C]], crashes on approach to [[Don Mueang International Airport]], killing 71 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-366C SU-AXA Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19761225-0 |access-date=2019-12-23 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]] meets in Egypt with its president [[Anwar Sadat]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Iraqi Airways Flight 163]], a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-270C]], is hijacked and crashes in [[Arar, Saudi Arabia]], killing 63 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-270C YI-AGJ Arar |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19861225-1 |access-date=2020-10-25 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Romanian Revolution]]: Deposed [[President of Romania]] [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] and his wife, [[Elena Ceaușescu|Elena]], are condemned to death and executed after a [[Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu|summary trial]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boyes |first=Roger |date=24 December 2009 |title=Ceausescu looked in my eyes and he knew that he was going to die |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6967099.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604155855/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6967099.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] resigns as [[President of the Soviet Union]] (the union itself is [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolved]] the next day). Ukraine's [[1991 Ukrainian independence referendum|referendum]] is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taubman |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNDADQAAQBAJ |title=Gorbachev: His Life and Times |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2017 |isbn=978-1471147968 |location=New York City |page=638}}</ref>
* [[1996]] &ndash; The body of American child beauty queen [[Killing of JonBenét Ramsey|JonBenét Ramsey was found]] in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.<ref name=AutopsyReport>{{cite web | url=https://www.denverpost.com/1996/08/13/text-of-jonbenet-autopsy-report/ | title=Text of JonBenét autopsy report | date=December 27, 1996 | publisher=Office of the Boulder County Coroner | access-date=September 9, 2021 | archive-date=October 23, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023182740/https://www.denverpost.com/1996/08/13/text-of-jonbenet-autopsy-report/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 310]], a [[Yakovlev Yak-42]], crashes near [[Bejuma]], [[Carabobo State]], Venezuela, killing 22 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-42D CU-T1285 Bejuma |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991225-1 |access-date=2020-12-24 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[UTA Flight 141]], a [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-223]], crashes at the [[Cotonou Airport]] in [[Benin]], killing 141 people.<ref name="Frenchrep">{{Cite web |title=Final report Accident on 25 December 2003 at Cotonou Cadjèhoun aerodrome (Benin) to the Boeing 727-223 registered 3X-GDO operated by UTA (Union des Transports Africains) |url=http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2003/3x-o031225a/pdf/3x-o031225a.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721063823/http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2003/3x-o031225a/pdf/3x-o031225a.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=www.bea.aero |publisher=[[Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile]]}}</ref>
*  2003   &ndash; The ill-fated ''[[Beagle 2]]'' probe, released from the [[Mars Express]] spacecraft on [[December 19]], stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Stuart |date=17 January 2015 |title=Beagle 2 spacecraft found intact on surface of Mars after 11 years |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/16/lost-beagle-2-spacecraft-found-mars |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Cassini Orbiter|''Cassini'' orbiter]] releases [[Huygens (spacecraft)|''Huygens'' probe]] which successfully landed on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] on January 14, 2005.
*[[2012]] &ndash; An [[Antonov An-72]] plane [[2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash|crashes]] close to the city of [[Shymkent]], killing 27 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20121225-1 |access-date=7 September 2021 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 December 2012 |title=Kazakhstan military plane crash 'kills 27' near Shymkent |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20842116 |access-date=7 September 2021 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> 
*  2012   &ndash; [[Air Bagan Flight 011]], a [[Fokker 100]], crashes on approach to [[Heho Airport]] in [[Heho]], [[Myanmar]], killing two people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 XY-AGC Heho Airport (HEH) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20121225-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227225233/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=20121225-0 |archive-date=2012-12-27 |access-date=2021-12-22 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> 
*[[2016]] &ndash; A [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Defence Ministry]] [[Tupolev Tu-154]] carrying members of the [[Alexandrov Ensemble]] [[2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash|crashes]] into the [[Black Sea]] shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident description |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20161225-0 |access-date=7 September 2021 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by [[Typhoon Phanfone (2019)|Typhoon Phanfone]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jim Gomez |date=Dec 26, 2019 |title=Christmas Typhoon Leaves 20 Dead In Philippines |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christmas-typhoon-leaves-20-dead-in-philippines_n_5e04af58e4b0843d3603b4bf |website=HuffPost}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; An [[2020 Nashville bombing|explosion in Nashville, Tennessee]], occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police believe RV explosion on Second Avenue North 'an intentional act' |url=https://www.wsmv.com/news/police-believe-rv-explosion-on-second-avenue-north-an-intentional-act/article_c2c94818-46b2-11eb-acf2-23716d723233.html?block_id=998328 |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; The [[James Webb Space Telescope]] is [[Ariane flight VA256|launched]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ariane Flight VA256 - Arianespace |url=https://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-va256/ |access-date=26 December 2021 |website=[[Arianespace]]}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243]] crashes in [[Aktau]], [[Kazakhstan]], killing 38 of its occupants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport |url=https://news.sky.com/story/azerbaijan-airlines-crashes-near-kazakhstans-aktau-airport-13279720 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
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