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100 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 1924 | Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster | |||
26 Dec 1924 | Judy Garland, age 2 | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 1949 | Ira Newborn: NYC, New York -- Orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer) | |||
26 Dec 1949 | Mikhail Boyarsky, Russian actor and singer | |||
26 Dec 1949 | Bob Hartman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Petra) | |||
26 Dec 1949 | José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate | |||
26 Dec 1949 | Ira Newborn New York NY, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer) | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 1974 | Tiffany Brissette: Actress (Vicki-Small Wonder) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Tony Brackens: Defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Jack Benny: Comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Knudage Riisager: Composer, dies at 77 | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Robert Levine Sanders: Composer, dies at 68 | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Tiffany Brissette, American actress | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actress | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Joshua John Miller, American actor | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Jack Benny, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1894) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Tiffany Brissette actress (Vicki-Small Wonder) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Tony Brackens defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars) | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Jack Benny comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Knudage Riisager composer, dies at 77 | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Robert Levine Sanders composer, dies at 68 | |||
26 Dec 1974 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 1999 | Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) (b. 1942) | |||
26 Dec 1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918) | |||
26 Dec 1999 | The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage. | |||
26 Dec 1999 | American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter Curtis Mayfield died aged 57. He was a member of The Impressions, (1965 US No.7 single 'Lilies Of The Field') and solo, (1971 UK No.12 single 'Move On Up', 1972 US No.4 single 'Freddie's Dead, Theme From Superfly'). | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 2004 | Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Poom Jensen, American son of Ubolratana Rajakanya (b. 1983) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1962) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nasum and Genocide Superstars) (b. 1974) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961) | |||
26 Dec 2004 | A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000. | |||
26 Dec 2004 | Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny. | |||
26 Dec 2004 |
death Frank Pantridge Died 26 Dec 2004 at age 88 (born 3 Oct 1916). Irish cardiologist who developed the life-saving portable defibrillator. He found out that death occurred within the first hour for 60% of males (up to middle-age) that died from heart attack, and of these, 90% suffered ventricular fibrillation. To begin earliest possible treatment, in 1965, Pantridge equipped an ambulance with a portable defibrillator. It achieved a 50% long-term patient survival rate. This pre-hospital coronary care plan was adopted rapidly in America and was used in 1972 when President Lyndon Johnson suffered a heart attack during a visit to Virginia. In 1979, the first automated external defibrillators (AEDs) became available. The British government lagged, but in 1990 funded defibrillators for all front-line ambulances in England. |
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26 Dec 2004
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami |
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (earth sciences) Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. |
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Frank Pantridge (b. 1916), cardiologist. | ||||
15 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 2009 | Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958) | |||
26 Dec 2009 | China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
26 Dec 2014 | Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (b. 1946) | |||
26 Dec 2014 | James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927) | |||
26 Dec 2014 | Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (b. 1935) | |||
26 Dec 2014 | Rhodes Reason, American actor (b. 1930) | |||
26 Dec 2014 | Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922) |