What Happened on December 25, 2021

• NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched in joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America [1]

• Janice Long (née Chegwin), British radio host (Crash FM; BBC), dies of pneumonia at 66
• John Gleeson, Australian rugby league five eighth (10 Tests; Queensland 25 games; Wynnum-Manly, Brothers RLFC), dies at 82
• Ray Illingworth, English cricket spin bowler and captain (61 Tests, 122 wickets, 1,836 runs @ 23.24; Yorkshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), dies at 89
• Thomas Lovejoy, American conservation biologist who coined the term "biodiversity", dies at 80
• Tifini Hale, American pop singer (Party - "Rodeo"; "That's Why"), dies of cardiac arrest at 46
• Wayne Thiebaud, American painter (Four Pinball Machines), dies at 101

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

• #1 Song: All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
• #1 Song: Sausage Rolls For Everyone - Ladbaby Ft. Ed Sheeran & Elton John