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Today in History

Thursday, 25 December 2025

2009

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a terrorist attack against the US while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253

2004

Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

2003

The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.

2000

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.

1991

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

1990

The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.

1989

Nicolae Ceauşescu, former communist dictator of Romania and his wife Elena are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.

1977

Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.

1974

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.

Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.

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