DECEMBER 25, 1991
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announces his resignation as the
leader of the Soviet Union, days after 11 former Soviet republics joined
the newly created Commonwealth of Independent States. The Soviet Union
formally dissolves the following day, effectively ending the Cold War
between the communist superpower and its rival, the United States.
1914: Five months into World War I,
soldiers along the Western Front participate in a spontaneous
cease-fire known as the "Christmas truce." British and German (and some
French and Belgian) troops leave their opposing trenches to exchange
gifts and Christmas greetings, and even play soccer in the barren
no-man's land between their respective positions. The truce is not
sanctioned by the leadership of either army, and fighting resumes on the
following day, not to halt for good until November 1918.
2002: Katie Hnida of the University of New Mexico becomes the
first woman to play in a Divison I-A football game when she attempts to
kick an extra point for the Lobos during the Las Vegas Bowl against
UCLA. The kick is blocked.
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