WHAT HAPPENED ON 25. DECEMBER
Want to find out what all happened on 25. December

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union. (25. December 1991)

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. (25. December 2000)

The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing. (25. December 2003)

Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005. (25. December 2004)

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a terrorist attack against the US while on board a flight to Detroit Metro Airport Northwest Airlines Flight 253 (25. December 2009)

An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people. (25. December 2012)