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1 - 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
337 - Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
597 - England adopts Julian calendar
1492 - Christopher Columbus' flagship the Santa María runs aground and sinks on Hispaniola
1642 - Isaac Newton, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England, physicist, mathematician; astronomer (Gravity, Laws of Motion), (d. 1727)
1717 - Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, thousands killed
1741 - Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
1642 1642 - Isaac Newton, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England, astronomer, physicist, mathematician; (Gravity, Laws of Motion), (d. 1727)
CHRISTMAS for Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox religion that use the Gregorian calendar.
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1524 – Died Vasco da Gama - a Portuguese navigator and explorer.
1777 - British Captain James Cook discovers Kiritimati (also called Christmas Island).
1951 - Libya becomes independent from Italy.
1968 - Apollo 8; enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
Christmas Eve in the Catholic religion
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1795 - Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)
1938 - Discovery of the first modern Coelacanth in South Africa.
1972 - Nicaragua earthquake; a 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, killing more than 10,000.
1986 - Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands
1993 - Officially opened the Embassy of Great Britain in the Republic of Macedonia. Ambassador is appointed Tony Mills.
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1514 - Diego de Velazquez Kueljar founded the city of Trinidad, Cuba.
1689 - Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck
1832 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands
1851 - The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
1890 - Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
1937 - Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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1163 - Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
1620 - William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1946 - Nankaidō earthquake; An 8.1 Mw earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroy over 38,000 homes.
1962 -Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park.
1968 - Apollo 8; launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.