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Events on the 26th of December in history

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26 Dec 0268 St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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26 Dec 0795 St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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26 Dec 1135 Coronation of King Stephen of England.
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26 Dec 1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
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26 Dec 1481 Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
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26 Dec 1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht
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26 Dec 1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
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26 Dec 1568 Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada
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26 Dec 1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts
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26 Dec 1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth MA
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26 Dec 1659 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
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26 Dec 1748 France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
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26 Dec 1773 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
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26 Dec 1776 American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian mercenaries.
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26 Dec 1776 Battle of Trenton-major British defeat
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26 Dec 1776 George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton
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26 Dec 1790 Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
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26 Dec 1793 Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria.
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26 Dec 1793 The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
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26 Dec 1799 George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen"
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26 Dec 1799 Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee III declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
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26 Dec 1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
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26 Dec 1805 Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
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26 Dec 1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia
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26 Dec 1806 Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
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26 Dec 1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen
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26 Dec 1811 A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
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26 Dec 1813 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrender to allied armies
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26 Dec 1825 Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.
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26 Dec 1825 Erie Canal opens
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26 Dec 1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" premieres in Milan
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26 Dec 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma" premieres in Milan
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26 Dec 1846 Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism.
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26 Dec 1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco
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26 Dec 1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panam
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26 Dec 1848 William & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
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26 Dec 1854 Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
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26 Dec 1860 The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.
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26 Dec 1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
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26 Dec 1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Fort Sumter
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26 Dec 1861 American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and United Kingdom.
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26 Dec 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
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26 Dec 1862 Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
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26 Dec 1862 The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died.
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26 Dec 1862 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
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26 Dec 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato MN, due to their uprising
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26 Dec 1862 Battle of Dumfries VA
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26 Dec 1865 James H Mason (Massachusetts) patents 1st US coffee percolator
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26 Dec 1870 The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
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26 Dec 1871 Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
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26 Dec 1872 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18")
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26 Dec 1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention
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26 Dec 1878 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
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26 Dec 1879 John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres
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26 Dec 1883 The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
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26 Dec 1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
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26 Dec 1892 Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
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26 Dec 1892 The opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
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26 Dec 1898 Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
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26 Dec 1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
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26 Dec 1900 A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.
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26 Dec 1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) & Christy Williams (42)
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26 Dec 1908 Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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26 Dec 1908 Jackson Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 at Sydney, Australia for heavyweight boxing title
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26 Dec 1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
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26 Dec 1917 Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WWI
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26 Dec 1917 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
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26 Dec 1918 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WWI (Victoria vs New South Wales)
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26 Dec 1919 Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
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26 Dec 1919 Yankees & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
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26 Dec 1924 Judy Garland, age 2
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26 Dec 1925 Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar.
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26 Dec 1925 1st East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
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26 Dec 1925 NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pittsburgh Pirates (68) 3-1
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26 Dec 1925 New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pittsburgh's Ray Waters makes 70
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26 Dec 1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
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26 Dec 1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming
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26 Dec 1928 World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) New South Wales vs Victoria
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26 Dec 1931 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Broadway
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26 Dec 1931 George/Ira Gershwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" premieres on Broadway
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26 Dec 1931 SS-Sturmbannf
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26 Dec 1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China
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26 Dec 1933 US forswears armed intervention in the Western Hemisphere
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26 Dec 1933 Bradman scores 187 New South Wales vs Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours
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26 Dec 1934 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms
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26 Dec 1935 Stalin views Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth"
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26 Dec 1936 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra forms
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26 Dec 1938 Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs Queensland before Christ gets him out
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26 Dec 1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs South Africa
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26 Dec 1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey
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26 Dec 1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels
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26 Dec 1940 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
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26 Dec 1940 JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen" premieres in New York NY
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26 Dec 1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing"
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26 Dec 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
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26 Dec 1943 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg vain with bomb to Hitlers headquarter
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26 Dec 1943 World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
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26 Dec 1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
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26 Dec 1943 Chicago Bears win NFL championship
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26 Dec 1944 World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
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26 Dec 1944 Battle of Bastogne-US General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse the Germans
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26 Dec 1944 Budapest surrounded by soviet army
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26 Dec 1944 Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie" premieres in Chicago
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26 Dec 1946 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 performances
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26 Dec 1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
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26 Dec 1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 111 performances
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26 Dec 1946 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
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26 Dec 1947 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances
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26 Dec 1947 British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia
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26 Dec 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours; That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84
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26 Dec 1948 Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
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26 Dec 1948 Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested
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26 Dec 1950 Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6 million for 6 years)
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26 Dec 1954 "The Shadow, " airs for last time on radio
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26 Dec 1954 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
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26 Dec 1954 Cleveland Browns beat Detroit Lions 56-10 in NFL championship game
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26 Dec 1954 "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
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26 Dec 1955 Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 38-14 in NFL championship game
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26 Dec 1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
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26 Dec 1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
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26 Dec 1960 "Do Re Mi" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 400 performances
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26 Dec 1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City
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26 Dec 1960 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game
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26 Dec 1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres at St James Theater NYC for 400 performances
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26 Dec 1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater NYC for 4 performances
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26 Dec 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There"
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26 Dec 1963 The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
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26 Dec 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"
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26 Dec 1963 US furnishes cereal to USSR
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26 Dec 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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26 Dec 1964 Moors Murderers claim last victim
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26 Dec 1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
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26 Dec 1965 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game
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26 Dec 1965 Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
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26 Dec 1966 The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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26 Dec 1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday
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26 Dec 1967 BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"
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26 Dec 1967 The BBC broadcasts "The Magical Mystery Tour"
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26 Dec 1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
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26 Dec 1968 Jay Allens "Forty Carats, " premieres in New York City
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26 Dec 1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a game against the New York Rangers in New York's Madison Square Garden
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26 Dec 1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
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26 Dec 1968 Jay Allens "Forty Carats" premieres in New York NY
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26 Dec 1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
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26 Dec 1972 Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
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26 Dec 1973 "Exorcist, " starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
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26 Dec 1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
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26 Dec 1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth
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26 Dec 1973 "The Exorcist", starring Linda Blair & rated X, premieres
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26 Dec 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
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26 Dec 1975 1st supersonic transport service (USSR-Tupolev-144)
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26 Dec 1975 A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Australia-West Indies MCG Test Cricket
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26 Dec 1976 "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 8 performances
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26 Dec 1976 The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is founded.
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26 Dec 1978 India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
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26 Dec 1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs West Indies
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26 Dec 1982 Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
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26 Dec 1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer
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26 Dec 1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs Pakistan MCG
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26 Dec 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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26 Dec 1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este
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26 Dec 1985 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs India at the MCG
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26 Dec 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed
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26 Dec 1986 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
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26 Dec 1986 Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games
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26 Dec 1986 Hijackers take over an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 with 91 people on board during a flight from Baghdad to Amman - it lands in Arar, Saudi Arabia where it explodes, killing 62 people.
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26 Dec 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
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26 Dec 1988 "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances
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26 Dec 1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR
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26 Dec 1988 "Legs Diamond" starring Peter Allen prenieres at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances
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26 Dec 1988 Anti African student rebellion in China People's Republic
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26 Dec 1989 ODI debut for Mark Taylor & Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
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26 Dec 1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship
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26 Dec 1990 Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's New York-New Jersey Knights
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26 Dec 1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
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26 Dec 1991 The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
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26 Dec 1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
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26 Dec 1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction
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26 Dec 1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India
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26 Dec 1991 New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with
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26 Dec 1992 New York Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75
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26 Dec 1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed
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26 Dec 1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41)
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26 Dec 1993 Floyd, Nicklaus & Rodriguez win Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn
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26 Dec 1994 Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
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26 Dec 1994 Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27)
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26 Dec 1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
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26 Dec 1994 President's
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26 Dec 1995 Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs Australia, MCG)
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26 Dec 1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds
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26 Dec 1996 Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
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26 Dec 1996 Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
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26 Dec 1997 The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
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26 Dec 1998 Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
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26 Dec 1999 The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
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26 Dec 2003 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
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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.
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26 Dec 2004 Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
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26 Dec 2006 An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.
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26 Dec 2009 China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
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