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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 ...
As a result, only men born between 29 March 1957, and 31 December 1959, were completely exempt from Selective Service registration. [35] The first registrations after Proclamation 4771 took place at various post offices across the nation on 21 July 1980, for men born in calendar year 1960. Pursuant to the presidential proclamation, all those ...
Date. 17–23 December. Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through 19 December. By the 1st century B.C., the celebration had been extended through 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1]
Catholic nun, Chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team [49] E. Gerald Meyer: M: November 2, 1919: 104 years, 293 days: American: Emeritus professor of chemistry [50] Maria Ehrenberg F: November 4, 1919: 104 years, 291 days: German: Botanist [51] Klaus Obermeyer: M: December 2, 1919: 104 years, 263 days: German-born American ...
Historical birthday. Tun Tavern, "birthplace" of the Marine Corps. The official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775. That was the day when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree: [ 1] That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two ...
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays. 14 gifts to make December birthdays feel special Skip to ...
These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days. [ a] The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. [ b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of ...
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.