| 25/12/2014 | Greek journalist Seraphim Fintanidis dies at the age of 77. Initially, he worked in the newspaper “Ethnos” as an editor during the period 1957 - 1968. During the Junta, from 1968 to 1974, he worked in “Apogevmatini”. Milestone in his life was the newspaper "Eleftherotypia", as he was the director for at least 30 years, from June 1976 until 27 April 2007. In April 2013 he took over the direction of the newspaper "6 Days", and he then was president of Channel "E". |
| 25/12/1983 | Spanish surrealist painter and sculptor Juan Miro dies at the age of 90. One year before, he designed the official poster of the World Cup which was held in Spain in 1982 |
| 25/12/1966 | Nikolaos Dandolas, known as ''Nick the Greek'', dies at the age of 80. He is considered the biggest gambler in american history. A short while before he got sick he played pocker for 8 days |
| 25/12/1936 | Ambrose Brown of Rexham is sent off 20 seconds after kick-off in the match against Hull City. One of the fastest suspensions |
| 25/12/1935 | Leonidas Andrianopoulos quits football at the age of 24 in order to work in his father's business. Olympiacos - Wipest (0-1, Kahlai), his last match |
| 25/12/1930 | Mt Van Hoebenberg opens in Lake Placid, New York - the first US bobsled run |
| 25/12/1914 | A group of German soldiers beats 3-2 their British opponents in a football game which takes place somewhere between Ypres and Lille during the short truce of World War I. The war has already started in the summer and soldiers, after six months in the trenches, suddenly impose a truce by singing Christmas carols since the night before and during Christmas Day both sides exchange gifts, smoke and play together. This initiative, known in history as “Christmas Truce”, was recorded along the Western Front in southern France and lasted only a few days |
| 25/12/1895 | Miltiadis Negrepontis sets the condition “if the payers are not visible from the outside” in order to lend money for the construction of the courts of the Lawn Tennis Club at the Olympios Zeus poles in Athens. The club was founded by 14 young men some months ago (16/9/1895) |
