#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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