Temperature extremes recorded On This Day in history throughtout the UK and other worldwide events
On This Day: 25 December
Posted 25-Dec-2009 at 06:00 by lancer
Maximum: 15.6oC - Leith, 1896
Minimum: -18.3oC - Gainford, 1878
Average Max: 6.5oC
Average Min: 1.4oC
108mm rain falls in Foffany Reservoir, 1914
Much of Britain is lashed by storms in 1990; approx 100,000 homes in the south and west are left without electricity
352 - First definite date Christmas is celebrated on December 25th
597 - England adopts Julian calendar
1066 - William the Conqueror, crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey
1492 - Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic
1621 - Governor William Bradford of Plymouth, US, forbids game playing on Christmas day
1642 - Birth of Sir Isaac Newton
1688 - English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France
1758 - Halley's comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return
1800 - The first Christmas tree in Britain was erected at Queen's lodge, Windsor, by Queen Charlotte, German wife of George III, who brought the idea over from her home country
1832 - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Saint Martin at Cape Receiver
1833 - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia
1834 - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas on HMS Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile
1835 - Charles Darwin company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand
1866 - Birth of Alexandra English princess/daughter of Sir Angus Ogilvy
1914 - Germans and Allies across the trenches cease firing and participate in an informal Christmas Truce
1932 - During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
1936 - Birth of HRH Princess Alexandra, daughter of Sir Angus Ogilvy
1941 - Hong Kong, with Canadian and British troops, surrenders to Japan. Nearly 2000 died in the fight
1946 - William Claude Dunkenfield (W.C. Fields), writer/comedian/actor dies from pneumonia, aged 67yrs
1950 - The Coronation Stone, taken from Scone by Edward I in 1296, is stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland
1968 - Apollo 8 performs the first Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneuver, sending crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit
1974 - Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia
1977 - Charlie Chaplin dies in Switzerland, aged 88yrs
1989 - Japanese scientists achieve -271.8oC, coldest temperature ever recorded
1990 - The first successful communication between a client and server via the Internet is established
1992 - A masked man broke into the home of 70yr old woman in Newcastle upon Tyne, stole £4, then returned a few hours later, handed back the money, gave her a hug
2007 - An overcrowded suspension bridge collapses near Nepalgunj, Nepal. At least 15 people are dead
Minimum: -18.3oC - Gainford, 1878
Average Max: 6.5oC
Average Min: 1.4oC
108mm rain falls in Foffany Reservoir, 1914
Much of Britain is lashed by storms in 1990; approx 100,000 homes in the south and west are left without electricity
352 - First definite date Christmas is celebrated on December 25th
597 - England adopts Julian calendar
1066 - William the Conqueror, crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey
1492 - Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic
1621 - Governor William Bradford of Plymouth, US, forbids game playing on Christmas day
1642 - Birth of Sir Isaac Newton
1688 - English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France
1758 - Halley's comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return
1800 - The first Christmas tree in Britain was erected at Queen's lodge, Windsor, by Queen Charlotte, German wife of George III, who brought the idea over from her home country
1832 - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Saint Martin at Cape Receiver
1833 - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia
1834 - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas on HMS Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile
1835 - Charles Darwin company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand
1866 - Birth of Alexandra English princess/daughter of Sir Angus Ogilvy
1914 - Germans and Allies across the trenches cease firing and participate in an informal Christmas Truce
1932 - During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
1936 - Birth of HRH Princess Alexandra, daughter of Sir Angus Ogilvy
1941 - Hong Kong, with Canadian and British troops, surrenders to Japan. Nearly 2000 died in the fight
1946 - William Claude Dunkenfield (W.C. Fields), writer/comedian/actor dies from pneumonia, aged 67yrs
1950 - The Coronation Stone, taken from Scone by Edward I in 1296, is stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland
1968 - Apollo 8 performs the first Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneuver, sending crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit
1974 - Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia
1977 - Charlie Chaplin dies in Switzerland, aged 88yrs
1989 - Japanese scientists achieve -271.8oC, coldest temperature ever recorded
1990 - The first successful communication between a client and server via the Internet is established
1992 - A masked man broke into the home of 70yr old woman in Newcastle upon Tyne, stole £4, then returned a few hours later, handed back the money, gave her a hug
2007 - An overcrowded suspension bridge collapses near Nepalgunj, Nepal. At least 15 people are dead
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