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December 26 Events in History - December 26 Birthdays - December 26 Deaths
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December 26, 2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa December 26, 2003 Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran December 26, 1995 Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Aust, MCG) December 26, 1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds December 26, 1994 Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27) December 26, 1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille December 26, 1994 President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25) December 26, 1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed December 26, 1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41) December 26, 1993 Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn December 26, 1992 NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75 December 26, 1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years December 26, 1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction December 26, 1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India December 26, 1991 New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with second left December 26, 1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship December 26, 1990 Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-New Jersey Knights December 26, 1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds December 26, 1989 ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG December 26, 1988 "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 64 performances December 26, 1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR December 26, 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik December 26, 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed December 26, 1986 Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games December 26, 1986 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run December 26, 1985 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG December 26, 1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este December 26, 1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG December 26, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. December 26, 1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer December 26, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. December 26, 1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust vs. WI December 26, 1978 India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail December 26, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. December 26, 1976 "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances December 26, 1975 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144) December 26, 1975 A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket December 26, 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout December 26, 1973 "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres December 26, 1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours December 26, 1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth December 26, 1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 December 26, 1968 Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in New York City December 26, 1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge December 26, 1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG December 26, 1967 BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour" December 26, 1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands December 26, 1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday December 26, 1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway December 26, 1965 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game December 26, 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks December 26, 1964 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game December 26, 1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances December 26, 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" December 26, 1963 US furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R. December 26, 1960 "Do Re Mi" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400 performances December 26, 1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City December 26, 1960 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game December 26, 1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London December 26, 1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14 December 26, 1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV December 26, 1954 "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio December 26, 1954 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10 December 26, 1950 Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) December 26, 1948 Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested December 26, 1947 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater New York City for 34 performances December 26, 1947 British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia December 26, 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F December 26, 1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances December 26, 1946 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances December 26, 1946 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) December 26, 1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) December 26, 1944 Battle of Bastogne-US Gen Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans December 26, 1944 Budapest surrounded by soviet army December 26, 1944 Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago December 26, 1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst December 26, 1943 Chicago Bears win NFL championship December 26, 1943 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg vain with bomb to Hitlers headquarter December 26, 1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" December 26, 1940 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148 December 26, 1940 JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in New York City December 26, 1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey December 26, 1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels December 26, 1938 Bradman scores 225 South Aust vs. Qld before Christ gets him out December 26, 1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa December 26, 1936 Israel Philarmonic Orch forms December 26, 1935 Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth" December 26, 1934 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms December 26, 1933 Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 mins, 13 fours December 26, 1933 US forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere December 26, 1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China December 26, 1931 George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in New York City December 26, 1931 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy December 26, 1931 SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten December 26, 1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming December 26, 1928 World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW vs. Vic December 26, 1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan December 26, 1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans December 26, 1925 NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 December 26, 1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar December 26, 1925 NY's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 December 26, 1924 Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut December 26, 1919 Yanks and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth December 26, 1918 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic vs. NSW) December 26, 1917 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron December 26, 1917 Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I December 26, 1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France December 26, 1908 Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title December 26, 1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42) December 26, 1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed December 26, 1892 Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala) December 26, 1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company December 26, 1879 John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres December 26, 1878 1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia December 26, 1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention December 26, 1872 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18") December 26, 1865 James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator December 26, 1862 Battle of Dumfries, VA December 26, 1862 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service December 26, 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising December 26, 1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) December 26, 1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter December 26, 1854 Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo December 26, 1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF December 26, 1848 William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia December 26, 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan December 26, 1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan December 26, 1825 Erie Canal opens December 26, 1813 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies December 26, 1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen December 26, 1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg December 26, 1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia December 26, 1799 George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" December 26, 1776 Battle of Trenton-major British defeat December 26, 1776 George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton December 26, 1773 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia December 26, 1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands December 26, 1659 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster December 26, 1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA December 26, 1568 Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada December 26, 1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus December 26, 1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht December 26, 1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest December 26, 795 St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope December 26, 418 St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope December 26, 268 St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope |