On This Day, 25th December 2022: Check out few events that took place today

Digital Desk: Christmas Day is observed worldwide on December 25th, marking the birth of Jesus Christ. It is one of the most popular events in the world, especially in Christian-dominated countries. 

Christmas has a wide appeal as well, and there is probably not a soul on the planet who is unaware of the significance of December 25th.

Aside from being Christmas Day, December 25th holds an important role in world history. 

On December 25, many pivotal events occurred, including the births of one of the most influential politicians of Independent India and a key figure in Partition, the invention of the Pendulum clock, and the coronation of the first Holy Roman Emperor, as well as the death of the greatest comic actor in history and a funk legend.

1861- Madan Mohan Malaviya was an Indian scholar, educator, and reformer who formed the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha and co-founded the famed Banaras Hindu University. 

1876- Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an Indian Muslim statesman and politician who pushed for a separate Muslim homeland and subsequently became Pakistan's founding father and first governor-general. 

1924- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian politician, poet, and head of the nationalist party BJP, was Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1998 and again from 1998 to 2004. 

1949- Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani businessman and politician who served three terms as Prime Minister.

1971- Justin Trudeau is a Canadian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Canada since 2015. 

1972- Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was an Indian lawyer, independence campaigner, and politician who served as India's first and only Indian-born Governor-General. 

1977- Charlie Chaplin, a British actor, comedian, and filmmaker, is widely regarded as the greatest comedy performer of all time and a film industry pioneer. 

1995- Dean Martin, an American singer, actor, and comedian was one of the twentieth century's most popular entertainers and a member of the team Martin and Lewis with comedian Jerry Lewis. 

2006- James Brown, an American singer and dancer best known for his on-stage performances and funk tunes such as "I Got You" and "It's a Man's Man's World," was born in New York City.

The 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee's iconic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was a critical and commercial success.

Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin's Schauspielhaus in 1989 to an audience of 100 million people worldwide to commemorate the collapse of the Berlin Wall. 

Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III, starring Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, and Diane Keaton, was released in 1990.

Don Bradman, a legendary cricketer from Australia, was ejected for a duck against Victoria in 1940. 

After winning the Ballon d'Or, Michel Platini of Juventus and France was crowned Europe's greatest football player for the second time in a row in 1984. 

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor in the year 800. 

The Norman invasion of England was completed in 1066 when William the Conqueror was crowned king of England. 

The first pendulum clock was made by Dutch scientist and mathematician Christiaan Huygens in 1656. 

The Celsius temperature scale was first created in 1741 by the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius. 

All Confederates who had fought in the Civil War were unconditionally pardoned by US President Andrew Johnson in 1868. 

During the 1914 Christmas ceasefire in World War I, French, German, and British soldiers took part in football games, singing, and funeral rites. 

Nicolae Ceaușescu, the communist dictator of Romania, and his wife Elena were prosecuted, found guilty, and put to death in 1989 on charges of genocide and private gain.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the president of the Soviet Union from 1991 until its division into 15 independent nations, officially announced his resignation. 

The James Webb Space Telescope, the largest optical telescope in orbit, was launched by NASA in 2021.