The Romanian people had a very Merry Christmas in 1989.
12/25/2009 Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu (71 yoa) and wife Elena (73 yoa), the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania, were tried by the Romanian provisional government, the National Salvation Front, in Targoviste for illegal gathering of wealth and genocide. Upon conviction the same day, they were immediately sentenced to death, taken outside, and shot by a firing squad of soldiers.