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
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