(FOX NEWS) – Former NFL Hall of Famer and Eagles linebacker
Bill Bergey died today. He was 79.

Bergey, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1974-1980,
had been battling cancer for the past few years.

Martin was a singer, actor and comedian. One of the most
popular entertainers of the mid-20th century, he was
nicknamed "The King of Cool."

Martin retired from public life in early 1995 and died of acute
respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at his Beverly
Hills home on Christmas Day, 1995, at the age of 78.

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra. (1961)

Although most Christians celebrate December 25 as the birthday
of Jesus Christ, few in the first two Christian centuries claimed
any knowledge of the exact day or year in which he was born.

The oldest existing record of a Christmas celebration is found in
a Roman almanac that tells of Christ’s Nativity festival led by the
church of Rome in 336 A.D.         
       

It’s official: President Biden signed new law that designates
the bald eagle as ‘national bird.’

On December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge (center) pushed 
a button and lit up the first national Christmas tree to grace the
White House grounds.

Coolidge’s “inauguration” of the first outdoor national Christmas
tree initiated a tradition that has been repeated with every
administration.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan began another custom by
authorizing the first official White House ornament, copies of
which were made available for purchase.

Calvin Coolidge 
(July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933)

30th President of the United
States

In office
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929