Today in History for 25th December 2022

Historical Events

352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
1066 - William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest of England
1862 - 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina
1957 - Richard Starkey (later better known as Ringo Starr) receives his first drum set
1969 - India all out for 163 at Madras v Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91
1973 - "The Sting" directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford and music inspired by Scott Joplin premieres in Los Angeles and New York (Best Picture 1974)

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Famous Birthdays

1757 - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d. 1839)
1908 - Helen Twelvetrees, American actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1958)
1942 - Barry Goldberg, American blues musician (The Rides), born in Chicago, Illinois
1949 - Sissy Spacek, American Actress (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter), born in Quitman, Texas
1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
1964 - Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor (Darling How Could You)

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Famous Deaths

1513 - Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70
1953 - Lee Shubert, American theatre producer (theatres in NY and LA named after him), dies at about 80
1979 - Joan Blondell, American actress (Real McCoys), dies of leukemia at 73
1985 - George Rhodes, American pianist, composer, arranger, and music director (Sammy Davis, Jr. Show), dies of a heart attack at 66
1992 - Garrison H Davidson, US lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
2009 - Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter, dies of an overdose of muscle relaxants at 46

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