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December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan. Halley's Comet. AD 36 – After the death of Emperor Gongsun Shu of Chengjia, the empire was conquered by the Eastern Han dynasty. 1758 – Based on predictions by Edmond Halley in 1705, Johann Georg Palitzsch observed a comet that was later named ...
Christmas. Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 [ a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the liturgical year in Christianity, it follows the season of Advent (which begins four Sundays before) or the Nativity ...
2015 (Friday) 2014 (Thursday) December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; six days remain until the end of the year.
Christmastide, commonly called the Twelve Days of Christmas, lasts 12 days, from 25 December to 5 January, the latter date being named as Twelfth Night. [ 12] These traditional dates are adhered to by the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Church. [ 1]
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For ...
March 10, 1911. 113 years, 164 days. Costa Rican. First Lady of Costa Rica; widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich [ 1] Anita Mackey. F. January 1, 1914. 110 years, 233 days. American.
In December 2016, Carey appeared on The Keys of Christmas (2016), a Christmas special hosted on YouTube, alongside YouTube's top music personalities including DJ Khaled and Rudy Mancuso. [227] In 2017, Carey released an animated film Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You (2017) which was based on a book she released in 2015 of the same ...
Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643 [a]) at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. [17] His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months before.