Today in history: First recorded Christmas celebration, Gorbachev resigns
Authored By Manas Joshi
Published: Dec 25, 2020, 06:13 IST | Updated: Dec 25, 2020, 06:13 IST
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First recorded celebration of Christmas in Rome
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1741
Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
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1947
China adopts a permanent constitution
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1991
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the USSR
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2009
Human rights activist Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years in prison in Beijing
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