Can you name the people and events for things that happened on the 25th December? by JamesSnell

Hint	Answer	Year
This founder of the Christian Faith was (traditionally) born:		c. 4 BC
Sol Invictus was made an official cult by this Roman Emperor:		274
This Frankish warlord is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome:		800
William the Bastard is crowned King of this Northern European nation:		1066
This English Physicist and author of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is born:		1642
Captain William Mynors of the East India Company discovers this island in the Indian Ocean:		1643
Johann Georg Palitzsch observes the return of this comet, which was first sighted in 1705:		1758
George Washington crosses this river in a surprise attack against Hessian forces in Trenton, NJ:		1776
The first performance of this famous Christmas Carol takes place in church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria:		1818
This US President grants an unconditional pardon to all soldiers of the former Confederacy:		1868

Hint	Answer	Year
A Christmas Truce is arranged in this war between British and German soldiers:		1914
This Japanese Emperor succeeds his father to the throne:		1926
This US Admiral arrives at Pearl Harbor to take command of the US Pacific Fleet:		1941
This new British Monarch makes her first Christmas Broadcast:		1952
This silent film legend died at his home in Switzerland aged 88:		1977
This former Romanian dictator was executed by firing squad after a revolution:		1989
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of this country as it begins to fragment:		1991
This British-built space probe loses contact with control:		2003
A tiger from this city's zoo escaped and attacked patrons killing one:		2007
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 which departed from an airport in this European city:		2009
	2009
	2009

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25th December Quiz

by JamesSnell

Created Dec 20, 2011 in History
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	JamesSnell:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 16:28 GMT		0 points
	This quiz is a testament to what I can make in a coffee-filled afternoon! Any nitpicks, comments or changes you would make are welcome.

	imclala:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 17:00 GMT		2 points
	When I entered "a," I got Charlemagne. Check that. There's also a typo in the bonus for Russia ("did not exist as and independent nation...").

	JamesSnell:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 17:02 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for your help. Problems rectified.

	letsdoit4johnny1:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 05:41 GMT		6 points
	Ciao, Ceausescu.

	AriesLA:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 09:41 GMT		1 point
	I was answering the Northwest Airlines one and got the Delaware River. Can't tell what I was typing, maybe Amsterdam or Paris. Of course Amsterdam got it because no way I could type the real city !

	JamesSnell:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 11:03 GMT		1 point
	@AriesLA: I have rectified the problem, thanks for your help.

	ThedaVelo:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 15:09 GMT		0 points
	It really needs to accept "World War I" as well as "World War One."

	JamesSnell:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 16:17 GMT		1 point
	I think it already does, but I'll look in to it.

	courtneyyy:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 18:42 GMT		1 point
	typo in 1776: "geroge" washington

	highbad:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 20:52 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz! Consider accepting "Showa" and for Hirohito, as that's his posthumous name and how he's now referred to in Japan.

	JamesSnell:	Dec 23rd, 2011 at 08:24 GMT		2 points
	@courtneyyy, I have fixed the problem, thanks for pointing that out. @highbad, my mistake, I set it to accept 'Shōwa' which may not have worked without the accent on the o. Again thanks for your help.

	chaste:	Dec 23rd, 2011 at 09:48 GMT		1 point
	James Brown died...

	Beatlezfann:	Dec 23rd, 2011 at 17:31 GMT		5 points
	Im sure William I would have prefered you used his other, more heroic, title.

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	Extinctanimals22:	Dec 25th, 2011 at 23:26 GMT		4 points
	@STLCARDS52993 Theres a reason its called the traditonal birth of Jesus.

	NYCub:	Dec 26th, 2011 at 17:03 GMT		1 point
	Since you opened this up to nitpicking...Jesus did not actually "found" Christianity. No one specific person did. In fact, Jesus is shown on several occasions in the Gospels celebrating the traditional Jewish holidays. Rather, he taught that he was the fulfillment of the promise made to the Jewish people in Genesis, and it was only after a large segment of the Jewish population rejected the teachings of his apostles that the faith began to be separate from Judaism.

	thecassidy:	Dec 26th, 2011 at 18:36 GMT		0 points
	The Christmas Bomber one should read "this" instead of "which."

	gummi:	Dec 27th, 2011 at 00:23 GMT		4 points
	spelling ceausescu is brutal

	thecassidy:	Dec 31st, 2011 at 05:33 GMT		1 point
	Whoever downvoted me, well, it's true. The second "which," not the first. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 which departed from an airport in this European city:

	JamesSnell:	Jan 1st, 2012 at 12:51 GMT		1 point
	@thecassidy: it has been changed since your first comment, I made sure I had changed it three days ago.

	Pompidou:	Jan 1st, 2012 at 21:05 GMT		-1 points
	I immediately stopped playing this quiz when the creator revealed that it might be relevant for me to know anything about Britain's contribution to the aerospace industry. Not ok.

	baseball100:	Jan 5th, 2012 at 19:32 GMT		-1 points
	Good Quiz.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 6th, 2012 at 16:48 GMT		1 point
	Thanks @baseball100, I intend to contribute another for 14th February soon, I have written it now and am waiting to contribute it.

	baseball100:	Jan 6th, 2012 at 20:02 GMT		-2 points
	@JamesSnell Before You Contribute A Game You Write It Down? Smart Choice. I Think About A Creative Quiz i Can Do Trying Not To Copy Any Published Games.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 12:41 GMT		1 point
	@baseball100: My advice is: let your imagination take flight! It may be clichéd but the only way you can be sure no one else has ever done it is to be as original as possible.

	baseball100:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 15:30 GMT		-2 points
	@JamesSnell Thank You For The Advice But Sometimes I Have Trouble Because There Are Like More Than A Million Quiz On Sporcle.

	jelloface:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 17:59 GMT		0 points
	i agree with baseball100. good quiz, JamesSnell.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 20:29 GMT		1 point
	Thank you both for your kind words, this has got to be my most successful Sporcle quiz!

	baseball100:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 20:32 GMT		-2 points
	You Are Very Lucky My Games Never Even Reached 100. If You Make One On A Another Famous Holiday Near When It Will Be The Day It Will Be Successful Just Like This One.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 08:07 GMT		1 point
	@baseball, I would like top hope so. My plan is to contribute my February 14th quiz near the end of January and see what happens!

	baseball100:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 12:01 GMT		-2 points
	@JamesSnell Maybe You Should Contribute It Five Or Four Days Before Your February 14th Quiz. And Thank You For Giving Me Advice Something Creative Which I Am Making Right Now.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 19:19 GMT		1 point
	@baseball100. Glad to hear you are making something creative, thanks for the kind words and advice.

	baseball100:	Jan 11th, 2012 at 16:01 GMT		-2 points
	@JamesSnell Just A Quick Little Suggestion. The Year Column Should Be Green So Red On Left Green On Right.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 11th, 2012 at 16:11 GMT		1 point
	@baseball100: I like your changing icon! how many has it been in the last month? As regards to changing the layout, I will consult with @LTH and see what to do on that front.

	baseball100:	Jan 11th, 2012 at 17:50 GMT		-2 points
	What Changing Icon My Picture? And Why Do You Need To Consult With LTH?

	JamesSnell:	Jan 12th, 2012 at 16:34 GMT		1 point
	Yes your picture, each change was better than the last! And I have to consult with LTH as I have chosen to, it is not a fixed thing, but I want to.

	baseball100:	Jan 12th, 2012 at 19:29 GMT		-2 points
	@JamesSnell Oh LTH Editor Picked it Is That Why?

	JamesSnell:	Jan 13th, 2012 at 18:42 GMT		1 point
	@baseball100: Sort of, but it is just the way I like to do things.

	baseball100:	Jan 14th, 2012 at 01:42 GMT		-2 points
	@JamesSnell Oh Great Idea I Can't Because I Don't Think Editors Will Answer.

	JamesSnell:	Jan 14th, 2012 at 08:49 GMT		1 point
	@baseball100: If you e-mail the Editor I'm sure they will reply, their e-mail address is normally the 'About Me' section of their profile page.