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December 25, 2012

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 19, 2012, covering December 25, 2012.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Red by Taylor Swift

    Red

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for O.N.I.F.C. by Wiz Khalifa

    O.N.I.F.C.

    Wiz Khalifa

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Merry Christmas; Baby by Rod Stewart

    Merry Christmas; Baby

    Rod Stewart

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Take Me Home by One Direction

    Take Me Home

    One Direction

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for Christmas by Michael Buble

    Christmas

    Michael Buble

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17

Notable Deaths

Erico Aumentado

2012Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1940)[†]

Erico Boyles Aumentado was a former governor, vice governor, and senior provincial board member of Bohol, and congressman and deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives. He is the first governor of Bohol who served for three consecutive terms (2001-2010).

Halfdan Hegtun

2012Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (born 1918)[†]

Halfdan Hegtun was a Norwegian radio personality, comedian and writer, former politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.

2012Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (born 1935)[†]

Joseph John Krivak was an American football player and coach. He served as head coach for the Maryland Terrapins football team from 1987 to 1991, where he compiled a 20–34–2 record. He also served as an assistant coach at Maryland, Syracuse, Navy, and Virginia. As a coach at Maryland, Krivak mentored future National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks Boomer Esiason, Neil O'Donnell, Frank Reich, Stan Gelbaugh, and Scott Zolak. In all, he coached on seven Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship team staffs and in 14 bowl games as an assistant or head coach.

2012Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1959)[†]

Turki bin Sultan Al Saud was deputy minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia. He was a member of the House of Saud and was one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.

2012ƞerafettin Elçi, Turkish lawyer, politician, government minister (born 1938)[†]

ƞerafettin Elçi was a Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman in Turkey. He was one of the pioneers of Kurdish politics in Turkey.

Historical Events

Antonov An-72

2012An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.[†]

The Antonov An-72 is a Soviet transport aircraft, developed by Antonov. It was designed as a STOL transport and intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-26, but variants have found success as commercial freighters.

Air Bagan Flight 011

2012Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to Heho Airport in Heho, Myanmar, killing two people.[†]

Air Bagan Flight 011 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Fokker 100 twinjet from Yangon to Heho, Myanmar. On 25 December 2012, the aircraft crash-landed short of the runway at Heho Airport in fog, coming to a stop in a paddy field and bursting into flames. One of the 71 people on board and a motorcyclist on the ground were killed and more than 10 people were injured.

Historical Context for December 25, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]