TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2012

Today is Tuesday, December 25, the 360th day of 2012. There are six days left in the year.

1 ― First Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus

800 ― Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor

1066 ― William the Conqueror, crowned king of England

1922 ― Lenin dictates his “Political testament”

1926 ― Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan (1926-1989)

1942 ― Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad

1971 ― Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Daeyeongak Hotel in Seoul

1989 ― Japanese scientist achieves -271.8 degrees Celsius, coldest temp ever recorded

1990 ― “Godfather III” premieres

1997 ― For first time, U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion