On This Day: December 25

8 verified moments happened on December 25. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1758☄️ Johann Palitzsch spots the comet returning exactly as Edmond Halley predicted, confirming comets orbit the Sun.History · Source: Wikipedia, Halley's Comet; Mystic Stamp 'This Day in History' (Dec 25 1758)
2. 1962🐦 Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch defends a wrongly accused Black man in the American South, in a film opening on Christmas Day.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' US release (Dec 25 1962)
3. 1984Bernard King scores 60 points for the Knicks against the Nets, a Christmas Day scoring recordSports · Source: NBA.com Knicks history: '1984: Bernard King Scores 60 on Christmas Day'; NBA.com 'This Day in History 12/25/1984'
4. 1991🏛️ Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as the Soviet flag is lowered over the Kremlin, and the Soviet Union officially ceases to exist.History · Source: HISTORY, 'Soviet Union dissolves'; Wikipedia, 'Dissolution of the Soviet Union' (Dec 25 1991)
5. 2020Alvin Kamara of the New Orleans Saints ties an NFL record with six rushing touchdowns against the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas.Pro Football · Source: NFL.com 'Saints RB Alvin Kamara ties NFL record with 6 rushing TDs' (Dec 25 2020)
6. 2020💃 Shondaland's steamy Regency romance about a debutante and a duke drops on Netflix, narrated by Lady Whistledown.TV · Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgerton
7. 2021🔭 The James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on Christmas Day, beginning a journey to the Sun-Earth L2 point to peer at the universe's earliest galaxies.History · Source: NASA, 'James Webb Space Telescope Launch' (Dec 25 2021)
8. 2021🔭 An Ariane 5 rocket launches the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest observatory ever sent to space.Technology · Source: NASA Science, 'Webb Launch' (Dec 25 2021)