On this day thru history
Dec. 25th, 800 - Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as first Holy Roman Emperor, thus began the Renascence Period.
Dec. 25th, 1066 - William the Conqueror was crowned king of England, establishing the Anglo-Norman monarchy.
Dec. 25th, 1492 – Columbus’s ship the Santa Maria was wrecked. After leaving 39 men at island settlement of Navidad, he returned to Spain on the Nina
Dec. 25th, 1776 - Gen. Washington crosses the Delaware River, catching the Hessians by surprise encamped at Trent
Dec. 25th, 1830 - The first commercial locomotive ‘The Best Friend of Charleston’ pulled a passenger train over 6 miles of new track.
Dec. 25th, 1914 - During World War I British and Germans celebrated Christmas together in no man’s land.
Dec. 25th, 1926 -
Hirohito became Emperor of Japan.
Dec. 25th, 1968 - During the first manned flight around the moon, Apollo 8’s astronauts Anders, Lovell and Borman read from Genesis as part of their Christmas greeting
Dec. 25th, 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns due to being unable to maintain control of the disintegrating Soviet Union.
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