This Day in History Dec. 25

[blue water massey]

Dec. 25

336 First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome
1776 George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day the 26th
1831 Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1868 United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans
1914 A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas

Birthdays:

1878 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet
1890 Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not
1937 oleclint YT poster and tractor enthusiast
1951 super99 YT poster and tractor enthusiast
1971 Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada

Deaths:

1868 Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman, developer of cylinder lock

Thought for the day:

"Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it."

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone

 

[Brown Swiss]

On this day in 1997 Denver Pyle passed away.

 

[john in la]

Actually the first state to declare Christmas a public holiday was Alabama in 1836.
Louisiana & Arkansas followed in 1838.

If you read about the history of Christmas in American you can see we went from the Puritans outlawing Christmas in the 1600 to where we are today mostly because of children's books. That and materialism and advertising.

 

[DPittman]

Maybe the birth of our Saviour?

 

[Ultradog MN]

12/25/43
Near Truk atol, Central Pacific.
American submarine USS Skate puts a torpedo into Japanese super battleship Yamato causing extensive underwater damage and requiring her to go home to Japan for repairs. This hit caused much consternation in the Japanese high command as it made them realize Yamato's underwater armor design was flawed from the get go. The Americans were still unaware of what Yamato (and her sister ship Musashi) really were and assumed Skate had hit an older battleship. Yamato sends two destroyers to attack the submarine with depth charges but Skate gets away unharmed.