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Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 548 This was the last year the Church in Jerusalem observed the birth of Jesus on this date. (Celebrating Christmas on December 25th began in the late 300s in the Western Church.).
In 1367 Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99), born.
In 1412 Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr, born.
In 1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves.
In 1745 (France) Jacques Montgolfier, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist), born.
In 1838 (USA) Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph.
In 1857 (USA) Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill.
In 1880 (USA) Tom Mix silent screen cowboy actor, born.
In 1883 (Lebanon) Khalil Gibran, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings), born.
In 1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies at his home in Oyster Bay, NY, at 60.
In 1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia.
In 1941 (USA) FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear).
In 1946 (England) Syd Barrett, rocker (Pink Floyd-The Wall), born.
In 1949 (USA) Robert Englund, actor (V, Nightmare on Elm Street), born.
In 1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China.
In 1956 (England) Rowan Atkinson, comedian/actor (Never Say Never Again, Mr. Bean, Blackadder), born.
In 1977 (England) EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols.
In 1989 Emperor Hirohito of Japan, dies at 87 after 62-year reign.
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