Births on December 25

Simon Jones (cricketer)

Born on December 25, 1978

Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer

Simon Philip Jones (born 25 December 1978) is a Welsh former cricketer, and data analytics head. He played county cricket for Glamorgan, Worcestershire and Hampshire County Cricket Clubs, before re-signing with his first county, Glamorgan, in December 2011 on a two-year deal. His father, Jeff Jones, played cricket for Glamorgan and England in the 1960s.

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Simon Jones (cricketer)

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Events on 1978

11 Feb

Aristotle
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
27 Apr

Watergate scandal
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
25 Jul

In vitro fertilisation
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
22 Oct

Pope John Paul II
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
18 Nov

Jim Jones
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Births on December 25

Simon Jones (cricketer)

Born on December 25, 1978

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Events on 1978

Aristotle

Watergate scandal

In vitro fertilisation

Pope John Paul II

Jim Jones