This Day in History December 25, 1643

I, Aotearoa [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

I did not realize this was named Christmas Island because of when it was discovered.  That's right, this little island was first discovered on this date in 1643.  It is a territory of Australia, and Captain William Mynors was the one who first saw it and named it. 

For more information:

http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/christmas/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island