What Happened on December 25, 2012

• 27 people are killed after an Antonov An-72 plane crashes near Shymkent, Kazakhstan
• 8 people are killed and thousands left homeless after two fires strike Manila, Philippines

• "Arrow" actor Stephen Amell (31) weds America's Next Top Model contestant Cassandra Jean (27) in the Caribbean
• Marie Osmond's daughter Rachael Osmond (23) weds Gabriel Krueger (22) in Park City, Utah

• Frank Calabrese Sr [Frankie Breeze], American mafia hitman, dies at 75
• Othmar Schneider, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold men's slalom, silver downhill 1952), dies at 84

Holidays: Christmas (India), Christmas Day (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States)

• #1 Song: Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
• #1 Song: Impossible - James Arthur