It happened on a… December 25

2020

New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara equals Ernie Nevers 1929 NFL record of 6 touchdowns in a match.

1991

Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.

1989

Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed following a popular uprising.

1960

Opening of the Boulevard Métropolitain for traffic; Montreal’s cross-town artery.

1957

Richard Starkey (later better known as Ringo Starr) receives his first drum set

1924

New cross on Mount Royal first illuminated.

1741

Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale.

1635

Samuel de Champlain dies at Quebec, age 68.

0352

1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th