🗓 HISTORY TODAY: DECEMBER 25
🏛 Historical & Political Events
1066: The Crowning of a Conqueror: William the Conqueror was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, fundamentally changing British history and the English language.
1776: Washington’s Crossing: During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington led his troops across the icy Delaware River for a surprise attack on Trenton, NJ—a pivotal moment for American independence.
1991: End of an Era: Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union, leading to the formal dissolution of the USSR the following day.
🔬 Science & Technology
1642: Birth of a Giant: Sir Isaac Newton was born (O.S.). His laws of motion and gravity became the bedrock of modern physics.
1990: The Birth of the Web: The first successful trial run of the World Wide Web (WWW) system was completed at CERN. We are literally using his invention right now!
2021: Looking into the Deep: NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space telescope ever built, to study the very first stars and galaxies.
🏥 Health & Medicine
1741: The Celsius Scale: Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius introduced the Centigrade (Celsius) temperature scale, which remains the global standard for medical and scientific temperature measurement today.
Good Governance Day (India): Observed on the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, often focusing on the digital delivery of healthcare services to rural India.
🕯 Notable Births & Deaths
Births:
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Indian PM, 1924),
Madan Mohan Malviya (Educationist, 1861),
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Founder of Pakistan, 1876).
Deaths:
Charlie Chaplin (Silent film legend, 1977),
George Michael (Pop icon, 2016).
Thought for the Day:
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." — Calvin Coolidge
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