December 25
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1999
Cubana de Aviación Flight 310, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Bejuma, Carabobo State, Venezuela, killing 22 people.
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UTA Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.
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The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
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The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
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A Siberian tiger named Tatania escapes her exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three people, killing one and injuring two more.
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An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
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Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to Heho Airport in Heho, Myanmar, killing two people.
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A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.
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Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines.
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An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
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Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of its occupants.
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2000Wilfried Singo, Ivorian footballer
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1999Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model
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1996Emiliano Buendía, Argentine footballer
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1993Emi Takei, Japanese actress, fashion model and singer
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1992Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1988Eric Gordon, American basketball player
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1988Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
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1988Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
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1987Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
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1987Demaryius Thomas, American football player (died 2021)
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1985Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
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1985Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukrainian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Ukraine
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