Today, December 25, believers celebrate one of the biggest holidays – the Nativity of Christ. There are still six days before the New Year.
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 6 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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Christmas
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What happened on December 25
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336 – The first documented celebration of Christmas takes place in Rome.
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350 – Roman Emperor Vetranion abdicates in favor of Constantius at a meeting in Niš.
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498 – Frankish king Clovis converts to Catholicism in Reims.
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800 – In Rome, Pope Leo III crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne as emperor.
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1492 – the caravel “Santa Maria”, in which Christopher Columbus sailed to the coast of America, hit the reefs on the coast of Haiti due to the negligence of the sailor who was watching.
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1582 – Spanish King Philip II founded the first mathematical academy in Europe.
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1758 – Johann Georg Palych first observes a comet, the return of which was previously predicted by the English astronomer Edmund Halley, whose name it bears today.
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1855 – The first known hockey game took place in Kingston (Canada).
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1923 – for the first time, an electric garland was illuminated on the New Year’s tree in the White House (Washington).
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1968 – Led Zeppelin visited the United States on their first American tour.
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1975 – a monument to Ivan Kotlyarevsky was unveiled in Kyiv.
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1989 – Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena Ceausescu are shot.
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1991 – The President of the United States, George W. Bush, in a speech to the American people, announced that the United States recognizes the independence of Ukraine and is ready to immediately establish diplomatic relations with it.
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1992 – The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the Ukrainian voluntary cultural and educational human rights charity society “Memorial” named. Vasily Stus.
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2002 – the trial of 18 members of UNA-UNSO, participants in the mass riots of March 9, 2001, ends in the Goloseevsky local court of Kyiv.
Who was born on December 25
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1907 – Ukrainian prose writer, playwright Evgeniy Kravchenko.
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1973 – Ukrainian theater and film actress Victoria Spesivtseva.
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2005 – Alexey Sereda, Ukrainian diver, the youngest European champion in the history of diving.
What are the name days today?: Vasily, Gregory, Dmitry, Konstantin, Leonid, Mikhail, Nikolay, Alexander, Anfisa, Maria.
What not to do on December 25
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You may not slander, shout loudly, or fight.
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In ancient times, people did not swim on Christmas Day and any water procedures were forbidden.
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It is forbidden to clean the house, embroider, or sew.
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