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'''Ip Chun''' (葉準 or Yip Jun 1924- ) is [[Yip Man]]'s eldest son.
'''[[December 25]]''' is the 359th day of the year (360th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 6 days remaining.
He had a late start in the discipline of [[Wing Chun]] though he practiced some basic skills as early as age seven.
He was instrumental in planning and starting the Hong Kong Ving Tsun Atheletic Association for his father since 1965. He had been the treasurer, board member and chairman of the board of the association.
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He started teaching Wing Chun in 1967 in accordance with his fathers wishes.
==Events==
He gave seminars around the world between 1985 and [[2001]].
*[[800]] - Coronation of [[Charlemagne]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]], in [[Rome]].
*[[1066]] - Coronation of [[William the Conqueror]] as king of [[England]], at [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]].
*[[1223]] - [[Saint]] [[Francis of Assisi]] assembles the first [[Nativity]] scene.
*[[1599]] - The [[city]] of [[Natal, Brazil]] is founded.
*[[1776]] - [[George Washington]] and his [[army]] cross the [[Delaware River]] to attack the monarchy's [[Hessian mercenaries]] in [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]].
*[[1818]] - The first performance of "[[Silent Night]]" takes place in the Church of St. Nikolaus in [[Oberndorf]], [[Austria]]).
*[[1837]] - [[Battle of Okeechobee]] - [[United States]] forces defeat [[Seminole (tribe)|Seminole]] Indians.
*[[1868]] - [[US President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] grants unconditional pardon to all [[American Civil War|Civil War]] Confederate soldiers.
*1868 - [[Ezo Republic]] founded in [[Hokkaido]] by [[Shogunate]] rebels.
*[[1914]] - [[World War I]]: The [[Christmas truce]]: Just after midnight on [[Christmas]] morning, [[Germany|German]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] troops on the [[Western Front]] cease firing their [[gun]]s and [[artillery]] and sing Christmas carols. Crossing the [[No man's land]], they trade gifts with the enemy forces that face them. They also played a game of soccer with a makeshift soccer ball (fashioned by the Germans) This truce lasts for several days, depending on the ___location.
*[[1917]] - ''[[Why Marry?]]'', first dramatic play to win a [[Pulitzer Prize]], opens at the [[Astor Theatre]] in [[New York City]]
*[[1926]] - [[Hirohito]] becomes [[Emperor of Japan]], succeeding the [[Taisho Emperor]].
*[[1932]] - A magnitude 7.6 [[earthquake]] in [[Gansu]], [[China]] kills ~70,000 people
*[[1939]] - [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' is read on the [[radio]] for the first time ([[CBS]] radio)
*1939 - ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'' is introduced by [[Montgomery Ward]] stores
*[[1941]] - [[Hong Kong]] surrenders to the [[Japan]]ese.
*[[1947]] - The [[Constitution of the Republic of China]] goes into effect.
*[[1953]] - A fire breaks out in [[Shek Kip Mei]], [[Hong Kong]].
*[[1973]] - The [[ARPANET]] crashes when a [[programming]] [[Computer_bug|bug]] causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the [[server]] at [[Harvard University]], causing the server to freeze.
*[[1974]] - [[Cyclone Tracy]] devastates [[Darwin, Northern Territory]] [[Australia]]
*[[1977]] - [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[Menachem Begin]] meets in [[Egypt]] with [[President of Egypt]] [[Anwar Sadat]]
*[[1989]] - [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]], former [[communist]] [[dictator]] of [[Romania]], and his wife [[Elena Ceauşescu|Elena]] are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.
*[[1991]] - [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] resigns as president of the [[Soviet Union]] (the union itself is dissolved the next day).
*[[2002]] - The [[New Delhi Metro]] opens.
*[[2004]] - Cassini orbiter releases [[Huygens probe]] which will land on [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]'s moon, [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] on [[January 14]], [[2005]].
==Births Lineage ==
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*[[AD 1]] - The traditionally accepted birthday of [[Jesus Christ]]
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*[[1583]] - [[Orlando Gibbons]], English composer (d. [[1625]])
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*[[1628]] - [[Noël Coypel]], French painter (d. [[1707]])
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*[[1642]] (O.S.) - [[Isaac Newton|Sir Isaac Newton]], English physicist and mathematician (d. [[1727]])
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*[[1652]] - [[Archibald Pitcairne]], Scottish physician (d. [[1713]])
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*[[1665]] - [[Lady Grizel Baillie]], Scottish songwriter (d. [[1746]])
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*[[1667]] - [[Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal and Munster]], English royal mistress (d. [[1743]])
|students||numerous including<br>
*[[1674]] - [[Thomas Halyburton]], Scottish theologian (d. [[1712]])
[[Shaun Rawcliffe]] web site:[http://www.wingchun.co.uk/ Midlands Wing Chun Kuen (UK)]
*[[1700]] - [[Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau]], Prussian general (d. [[1758]])
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*[[1711]] - [[Jean Joseph de Mondonville]], French composer (d. [[1772]])
[[Colin Ward]] web site:[http://www.wingchunkwoon.net/ Northern Wing Chun Kung Fu Association (UK)]
*[[1716]] - [[Johann Jakob Reiske]], German scholar and physician (d. [[1774]])
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*[[1742]] - [[Charlotte von Stein]], German friend of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] (d. [[1827]])
[[Samuel Kwok]] web site:[http://www.kwokwingchun.co.uk/ Samuel Kwok Wing Chun Assc.]
*[[1757]] - [[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], U.S. politician (d [[1839]])
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*[[1763]] - [[Claude Chappe]], French telecommunications pioneer (d. [[1805]])
*[[1771]] - [[Dorothy Wordsworth]], English diarist and sister of [[William Wordsworth]] (d. [[1855]])
*[[1821]] - [[Clara Barton]], founder of the American Red Cross (d. [[1912]])
*[[1856]] - [[Hans von Bartels]], German painter (d. [[1913]])
*[[1861]] - [[Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya]], Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. [[1946]])
*[[1875]] - [[Theodor Cardinal Innitzer]], Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. [[1955]])
*[[1876]] - [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of Pakistan (d. [[1948]])
*1876 - [[Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1959]])
*[[1878]] - [[Louis Chevrolet]], Swiss-born race car driver and automotive pioneer (d. [[1941]])
*[[1883]] - [[Maurice Utrillo]], French artist (d. [[1955]])
*[[1884]] - [[Evelyn Nesbit]], American actress (d. [[1967]])
*[[1886]] - [[Kid Ory]], American musician (d. [[1973]])
*[[1887]] - [[Conrad Nicholson Hilton]], American hotelier (d. [[1979]])
*[[1899]] - [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor (d. [[1957]])
*[[1901]] - [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]] (d. [[2004]])
*[[1904]] - [[Gerhard Herzberg]], German-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1999]])
*[[1906]] - Sir [[Lew Grade]], Ukrainian-born film producer (d. [[1998]])
*1906 - [[Ernst Ruska]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1988]])
*[[1907]] - [[Cab Calloway]], American bandleader (d. [[1994]])
*[[1908]] - [[Quentin Crisp]], English author and activist (d. [[1999]])
*[[1912]] - [[Tony Martin (singer)|Tony Martin]], American singer
*1912 - [[Natalino Otto]], Italian singer
*[[1913]] - [[Henri Nannen]], German journalist and publisher (d. [[1966]])
*[[1915]] - [[Pete Rugolo]], Italian-born composer and arranger
*[[1918]] - [[Anwar Sadat]], [[President of Egypt]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1981]])
*[[1924]] - [[Rod Serling]], American television scriptwriter (d. [[1975]])
*1924 - [[Atal Behari Vajpayee]], [[Prime Minister of India]]
*[[1925]] - [[Carlos Castaneda]], Peruvian-born author (d. [[1998]])
*[[1927]] - [[Nellie Fox]], baseball player (d. [[1975]])
*[[1928]] - [[Dick Miller]], American actor
*[[1936]] - [[Princess Alexandra of Kent]]
*1936 - [[Ismail Merchant]], Indian-born film producer (d. [[2005]])
*[[1943]] - [[Hanna Schygulla]], German actress
*[[1944]] - [[Jairzinho]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1945]] - [[Noel Redding]], English bassist ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]) (d. [[2003]])
*1945 - [[Gary Sandy]], American actor
*[[1946]] - [[Jimmy Buffett]], American singer and songwriter
*1946 - [[Larry Csonka]], American football player
*1946 - [[Gene Lamont]], American baseball player and manager
*[[1948]] - [[Barbara Mandrell]], American singer and actress
*[[1949]] - [[Sissy Spacek]], American actress
*1949 - [[Joe Louis Walker]], American musician
*[[1950]] - [[Manny Trillo]], baseball player
*[[1950]] - [[Karl Rove]], American presidential advisor
*[[1954]] - [[Annie Lennox]], Scottish singer ([[Eurythmics]])
*[[1957]] - [[Shane MacGowan]], Irish musician
*[[1958]] - [[Hanford Dixon]], American football player
*1958 - [[Rickey Henderson]], baseball player
*[[1959]] - [[Michael P. Anderson]], astronaut
*[[1961]] - [[Ingrid Betancourt]], Colombian senator
*[[1962]] - [[Dean Cameron]], American actor
*[[1967]] - [[Jason Thirsk]], American bass player ([[Pennywise]])
*[[1971]] - [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], English singer
*1971 - [[Noel Hogan]], Irish guitarist and songwriter [[The Cranberries]]
*[[1975]] - [[Marcus Trescothick]], English cricketer
*[[1976]] - [[Tuomas Holopainen]], Finnish keyboardist and composer ([[Nightwish]])
*1976 - [[Armin van Buuren]], Dutch keyboardist
*[[1980]] - [[Reika Hashimoto]], Japanese actress and model
==Deaths==
*[[795]] - [[Pope Adrian I]]
*[[1635]] - [[Samuel de Champlain]], French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. [[1567]])
*[[1676]] - [[Matthew Hale (jurist)|Matthew Hale]], Lord Chief Justice of England (b. [[1609]])
*1676 - [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle]], English soldier, politician, and writer (b. [[1592]])
*[[1683]] - [[Kara Mustafa]], Ottoman general (b. [[1634]])
*[[1758]] - [[James Hervey]], English clergyman and writer (b. [[1714]])
*[[1784]] - [[Yosa Buson]], Japanese poet and painter (b. [[1716]])
*[[1824]] - [[Barbara Juliana, Baroness von Krüdener]], Russian writer (b. [[1764]])
*[[1880]] - [[Fridolin Anderwert]], Swiss Federal Councilor (b. [[1828]])
*[[1921]] - [[Vladimir Korolenko]], Russian writer (b. [[1853]])
*[[1925]] - [[Karl Abraham]], German psychoanalyst (b. [[1877]])
*[[1926]] - [[Taisho Emperor]], Japanese emperor (b. [[1879]])
*[[1933]] - [[Francesc Macia|Francesc Macià]], President of Generalitat, Autonomous government of Catalonia (b. [[1859]])
*[[1938]] - [[Karel Capek|Karel Čapek]], Czech author (b. [[1890]])
*[[1940]] - [[Agnes Ayres]], American actress (b. [[1898]])
*[[1946]] - [[W. C. Fields]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1880]])
*[[1961]] - [[Otto Loewi]], German-born pharmacologist (b. [[1873]])
*[[1963]] - [[Tristan Tzara]], Romanian-born writer (b. [[1896]])
*[[1973]] - [[Ismet Inonu]], Turkish statesman (b. [[1884]])
*1973 - [[Gabriel Voisin]], French aviation pioneer (b. [[1880]])
*[[1977]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]], English actor (b. [[1889]])
*[[1983]] - [[Joan Miró]], Catalan painter (b. [[1893]])
*[[1989]] - [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]], Romanian dictator (executed) (b. [[1918]])
*1989 - [[Billy Martin]], baseball player and manager (b. [[1928]])
*[[1994]] - [[Zail Singh]], [[President of India]] (b. [[1916]])
*[[1995]] - [[Dean Martin]], American singer and actor (b. [[1917]])
*[[1996]] - [[JonBenét Ramsey]], American beauty queen and murder victim (b. [[1990]])
*[[1998]] - [[John Pulman]], English snooker player (b. [[1926]])
*[[2000]] - [[Willard Van Orman Quine]], American philosopher (b. [[1908]])
==Holidays and observances==
* The [[Christmas]] [[holiday]] is celebrated on this day. It is a national holiday in many countries including the [[United States]], [[Canada]], most [[Europe|European Nations]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]]. It celebrates the nativity of [[Christianity]]'s icon, [[Jesus]], as well as secular aspects which include the decoration of [[Christmas tree|Christmas trees]], and the exchanging of gifts. It is celebrated by many non-Christians (including atheists) that celebrate the holiday focusing only on secular aspects.
== External links ==
*[http://www.ipchun.org/ his website]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/25 BBC: On This Day]
*[http://www.tnlipchun.net/when/12/25 Today inhis History:students Decemberassociation 25website]
*[http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/theoutsiders2005/20051021.html A TV programme of RTHK that interviewed Peter, a Swedish and one of his students]
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[[December 24]] - [[December 26]] - [[November 25]] - [[January 25]] -- [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
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