1223 - St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the first Nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy.
1776 - Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton,NJ. 
1818 - "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. 
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War. 
1896 - John Philip Sousa finally titled the melody "The Stars and Stripes Forever." 
1914 - During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and even playing football together on the Western Front. 
1991 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.
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