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December 25 is the 359th day of the year ... 1929 – China Machado, Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, ... American video game designer [89]
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1917 – A ship carrying TNT and picric acid in Halifax Harbour, Canada, caught fire after a collision and caused one of the largest accidental explosions in history (pictured). 1956 – In what became known as the Blood in the Water match at the Melbourne Olympics , the Hungarian water polo team defeated the Soviet Union 4–0 against the ...
December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan Baldwin I of Jerusalem 1066 – Norman Conquest : William the Conqueror was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey , but continued to face rebellions over the following years and was not secure on the throne until after 1072.
1903 - Birth of John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957) 1919 - Death of Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854) 1944 - Birth of Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate; 1981 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia; 2001 - Death of Samuel A. Goldblith, American food ...
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