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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 transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/9-things-happened-christmas-day