#118: 9 Things That Happened on Christmas Day

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You might think that nothing of historical importance ever happens on Christmas Day, but you'd be wrong.

Here are 9 weird and wonderful events.

The one thing they have in common? They all happened on December 25th.

  • Jesus of Nazareth - born on December 25th?
  • Event #1 - Crowing of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor
  • Event #2 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England
  • Event #3 - Discovery of Celcius as a measure of temperature
  • Event #4 - Andrew Johnson pardoning Confederate soldiers
  • Event #5 - The ceasefire of World War I
  • Event #6 - The Apollo 8 space shuttle leaves Earth's orbit
  • Event #7 - The execution of Ceaușescu 
  • Event #8 - The first live testing of the World Wide Web
  • Event #9 - The resignation of Mikhael Gorbachev


Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/9-things-happened-christmas-day


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