December 25 in history: • 1100 – Baldwin I was crowned the first king of Jerusalem (depicted) in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. → go there • 1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing. → go there • 1990 – British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor. → go there • 2000 – Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet Union. → go there • 2024 – After the loss of aircraft systems, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed near Aktau International Airport while attempting to perform an emergency landing after being hit by a Russian defense missile. → go there Died 940: Makan ibn Kaki Wiki link Born 1665: Lady Grizel Baillie Wiki link Born 1935: Sadiq al-Mahdi Wiki link Born 1949: Sissy Spacek Wiki link Pictured: Coronation of Baldwin I of Jerusalem.