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History on the 25th of December

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25 Dec 0336 RELIGIOUS This is the earliest known year that Jesus' nativity was celebrated on December 25th, as mentioned in the Philocalian Calendar of A.D. 354. Jesus' birth was commemorated on January 6th in Greek Orthodoxy, although by the 400s most of the Eastern churches had accepted the Roman date.
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25 Dec 1413 RELIGIOUS Two years before his martyrdom, Bohemian reformer and martyr Jan Huss wrote in a letter: 'Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal men may live through eternity.'
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25 Dec 1537 RELIGIOUS German reformer Martin Luther was recorded as saying: 'It is the most ungodly and dangerous business to abandon the certain and revealed will of God in order to search in to the hidden mysteries of God.'
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25 Dec 1723 RELIGIOUS The Dunkards (Baptists from Germany) held their first immersion service in America at Germantown (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania.
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25 Dec 1914 WW2 The British seaplane carriers HMS Empress, HMS Engadine and HMS Riviera operating off Heligoland, Germany launched a force of nine Short seaplanes to attack the Zeppelin sheds at Cuxhaven. Fog prevented the target being located, and only three aircraft located their parent ships on their return. 
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25 Dec 1917 WW2 Crown Prince Yi Un was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in the Japanese Army. 
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25 Dec 1918 WW2 USS Arizona arrived at New York City, New York, United States. 
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25 Dec 1923 RELIGIOUS In Washington, D.C., during Calvin Coolidge's first Christmas as president, the first electrically_lit Christmas tree appeared in the White House.
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25 Dec 1926 WW2 Crown Prince Hirohito became the Emperor of Japan upon his father's passing. His coronation ceremony would not take place until 1928, however. 
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25 Dec 1937 WW2 The first production Hurricane fighters began to be delivered to No. 111 Squadron RAF at Northolt, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. 
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25 Dec 1937 WW2 Tatsuta Maru departed San Francisco, California, United States for Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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25 Dec 1939 WW2 The Red Army resumed attacking the Taipale sector in Finland between 0500 and 0700 hours; spearheaded by the Soviet 4th Rifle Division across the frozen Suvanto River, the offensive initially gained three bridgeheads, but heavy Finnish artillery would push Soviet forces back across the river at two spots. Elsewhere, the trapped Soviet 163rd division attempted another break-out at Suomussalmi but it was repulsed; Soviet 44th Division continued to move toward Suomussalmi, but it was largely pinned down on the Raate Road. 
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25 Dec 1940 WW2 German Admiral Wilhelm Meisel aboard cruiser Admiral Hipper ordered an attack on Allied convoy WS.5 in the morning, taking advantage of mist and rain; the convoy had been detected on the previous day and the ship's crew had been shadowing it through the night, but failing to realize it was heavily escorted. At 0808 hours, Admiral Hipper fired on troopship Empire Trooper (16 soldiers killed) and freighter Arabistan, but she was soon chased off by a corvette and three cruisers. In retreat, Admiral Hipper fired at her pursuers, striking cruiser HMS Berwick at the rear gun turret, killing 4. Carriers HMS Argus and HMS Furious launched aircraft to hunt for Admiral Hipper as she retreated toward Brest, France for repairs, but the German cruiser would not be found. Later on the same day, 150 miles to the east, Admiral Hipper detected and sank British ship Jumna; 111 survivors in the water were left to drown. 
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25 Dec 1940 WW2 Two FAA Martlet I fighters of No. 804 Squadron RAF, on patrol over Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, intercepted and destroyed a prowling Junkers Ju 88 aircraft, the first victory for a US-built aircraft in British service. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Over 3,000 people had died of starvation in Leningrad, Russia to date. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Adolf Hitler sacked Heinz Guderian over conflicting visions on the strategy for war against the Soviet Union. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese troops landed at Jolo, Philippine Islands and captured the island after wiping out the garrison of 300 Filipino militia and policemen. Meanwhile, US Navy moved the headquarters of the Asiatic Fleet from Manila, Philippine Islands to Java. US Marines destroyed docks, fuel tanks, and ammunition dumps at Cavite Naval Shipyard. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 British Governor of Hong Kong Sir Mark Young and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong General Maltby ordered the surrender of the colony at 1515 hours, which was signed shortly after at the Japanese field headquarters at the Peninsula Hong Kong hotel by Young. At around the same time, British river gunboat HMS Robin was scuttled to prevent capture. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 General Sir Alan Brooke replaced General Sir John Dill as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS). 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Archibald Wavell arrived in Rangoon, Burma by aircraft, landing amidst a Japanese air raid. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 The Allies completed the abandonment of defensive positions along the Perak River in Malaya and established new positions at Ipoh about 10 miles to the south. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese submarine I-66 sank Dutch submarine K XVI 70 miles northwest of Kuching, Sarawak, island of Borneo at 1145 hours, killing all 36 aboard. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 USS Skipjack attacked a Japanese carrier and a destroyer in the Dutch East Indies without success, expending three torpedoes. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Akagi arrived at Kure, Japan. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Eduard Neumann ordered Hans-Joachim Marseille to depart Libya for Athens, Greece (changing the destination from Rome, Italy as originally planned) for rest due to the symptoms of sickness Marseille exhibited. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 While flying over German positions in Libya in an attempt to boost morale on this religious holiday, German pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Franzisket was wounded by friendly anti-aircraft fire. He departed later on this day for Athens, Greece for medical treatment. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 60 Soviet prisoners of war and 23 political prisoners died in Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Japanese troops captured the British airfield near Kuching, Sarawak at 1640 hours. 
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25 Dec 1941 WW2 Carrier USS Saratoga launched F2A Buffalo aircraft of Marine Fighter Squadron 221, originally intended to relieve Wake Atoll, to Midway Atoll. They became the first fighters to be based in Midway, and they immediately began a daily patrol schedule. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 Tatsuta Maru departed Manila, Philippine Islands. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 Japanese troops fell back from the eastern bank of the Mayu River in Arakan Peninsula in Burma. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 100-knot winds hit Reykjavík, Iceland, moving even anchored-down United States Coast Guard cutters in the harbor. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 USS Grayback sank four Japanese barges in the Solomon Sea with her deck gun. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 With the slaughter of over 12,000 horses, the Germans in Stalingrad, Russia received their last meat rations. 
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25 Dec 1942 WW2 All ships of Allied convoy JW-51A arrived in the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia; this convoy suffered no losses. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 American submarine USS Skate ambushed Yamato 180 miles northeast of Truk. Skate detected Yamato at 27,300 yards and dove. Skate passed down the starboard beam of Yamato, turned, and at 0518 hours fired four stern torpedoes at 2,200 yards. Crew of Skate heard one explosion and a muffled explosion as one or two torpedoes hit Yamato on the starboard side near turret No. 3, ripping a hole that extended some 15 feet downwards from the top of the blister and longitudinally some 75 feet between frames 151 and 173. The upper turret magazines flooded through a small hole punched in the longitudinal bulkhead; the hole was caused by failure of the armor belt joint between the upper and lower side protection belts. The upper magazine for No. 3 turret flooded. Yamato took on about 3,000-tons of water, far more than anticipated by the designers of the side protective system. The transport mission was aborted. The follow-up depth charge attack by Yamagumo, Tanikaze, or both failed to hit Skate, which made its escape three hours later. Later, Yamamto arrived at Truk and received emergency repairs by repair ship Akashi which also prepared a damage assessment report. US Navy intercepted a message from Yamato that read "Hull damage summary resulting from torpedo attack. Details affecting armament and machinery will be submitted later. 1. Hole from frame 163 to 170. 11 meters in diameter above the 'bilge' and 5 1/2 meters below penetrating outer plates of 'bilge' ." 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Otto Skorzeny and his family vacationed at Zurs on the Arlberg, Austria. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 USS S-35 arrived at Attu, Aleutian Islands. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 15 B-24 bombers escorted by about 50 fighters (P-38, F4U, F6F, and Kittyhawk fighters) attacked Rabaul, New Britain. 88 Japanese fighters rose to defend. The Americans lost 1 F4U and 2 P-38 aircraft; the Japanese lost 3 aircraft. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for light cruiser Agano and began repairing battleship Yamato at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of GROPAC-4 arrived. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 The British moved 3rd Battalion of 8th Punjab Regiment to the front lines at Villa Grande, Italy. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Kurt Student ordered the formation of a 2,200-strong Italian parachute regiment, to be placed within German 4.Fallschirmjäger Division. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Responding to the 22 Dec sighting of an Allied convoy, Scharnhorst and destroyers Z29, Z30, Z33, Z34, and Z38 departed from Altafjord in northern Norway to intercept it. The force was under the command of Konteradmiral Erich Bey. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 By this date in 1943, there were a total of 86,919 prisoners in the Auschwitz camp system in occupied Poland, 56,595 of whom were men and 30,324 were women. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 Dwight Eisenhower met with Henry Wilson, who would replace him as the Allied command in the Mediterranean Theater, at Tunis, Tunisia. 
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25 Dec 1943 WW2 USS Whale departed Midway Atoll for her sixth war patrol. 
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25 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Mingo attacked a Japanese convoy between Singapore and Brunei, Borneo, damaging an escorting gunboat and sinking tanker Manila Maru. 
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25 Dec 1944 WW2 USS Snook began her eighth war patrol. 
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25 Dec 1944 WW2 US 2nd Armored Division, with British help, stopped German 2.Panzer Division just 4 miles from the Meuse River in Belgium. 
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25 Dec 1944 WW2 The small US and British military missions previously sent to eastern Czechoslovakia to aid the Slovak National Uprising were captured by the Germans. 
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25 Dec 1944 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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25 Dec 1944 WW2 Three baby girls were born in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. 
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25 Dec 1947 WW2 The Constitution of the Republic of China came into effect. 
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25 Dec 1948 WW2 Du Yuming was named a war criminal by communist leader Mao Zedong. 
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25 Dec 1949 WW2 Khabarovsk War Crime Trials against 12 members of the Japanese Kwantung Army began. 
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