Morgan County News | 1941-12-26 | Page 7 | Christmas Watched History in Making

christmas christinas watched history in making almost almori throughout the world people are looking forward to a merry christmas this day so significant to us has seen great events occur in the history of 01 the world following is a list ot of important events which occurred on christmas day DECEMBER 25 year event charlemagne french king crowned at rome emperor of the west 1066 willian william the C conqueror crowned at london 1642 sir isaac newton born ile he discovered the law of gravity 1776 washington crossed the delaware to attack trenton 1777 vermont declared its independence pen dence from england 1821 clara fl arlowe barton born she founded the american red cross in 1881 1837 gen zachary taylor defeated the seminole indians in florida 1840 1940 peter born famous russian composer 1868 unconditional pardon and amnesty proclaimed by the president to all inhabitants in southern states