December 26
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December 26 is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are five days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1194 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
- 1532 – Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
- 1536 – Yi I of Joseon, Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
- 1687 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755)
- 1716 – Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (d. 1771)
- 1723 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
- 1735 – Prince Josias of Coburg, Holy Roman Empire general (d. 1815)
- 1751 – Clement Hofbauer, missionary (d. 1820)
- 1769 – Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer (d. 1860)
- 1780 – Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
- 1791 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
- 1819 – E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
- 1822 – Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
- 1837 – George Dewey, U. S. admiral (d. 1917)
- 1837 - Morgan Bulkeley, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922)
- 1853 – René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
- 1859 - William Stephens, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)
- 1863 – Charles Pathe, French movie pioneer (d. 1957)
- 1867 - Phan Boi Chau, Vietnamese nationalist (d. 1940)
- 1872 – Norman Angell, British writer (d. 1967)
- 1883 – Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955)
- 1890 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, fiddler (d. 1992)
- 1891 – Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
- 1893 – Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
- 1894 - Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
- 1902 - Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian writer (d. 1980)
- 1903 – Elisha Cook Jr., actor (d. 1995)
- 1904 – Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
- 1905 – Anfilogino Guarisi, Brazilian-Italian footballer (d. 1974)
- 1906 – Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003)
- 1907 - Albert Gore, Sr., American politician (d. 1998)
- 1911 – Princess Takamatsu of Japan (d. 2004)
- 1914 – Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1918 – George Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, composer, and author (d. 2000)
- 1926 – Gina Pellón, Cuban painter
- 1926 - Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)
- 1927 – Alan King, comedian and actor (d. 2004)
- 1933 – Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer
- 1935 – Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (d. 2005)
- 1939 – Phil Spector, American music producer
- 1940 – Edward C. Prescott, American economist
- 1941 - Daniel Schmid, Swiss movie director
- 1942 – Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, Guatemalan President
- 1942 – Gray Davis, former Governor of California
- 1945 – John Walsh, American talk show host
- 1947 – Carlton Fisk, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1949 – José Ramos Horta, East Timorean human rights activist and former President of East Timor
- 1949 - Mikhail Boyarsky, Russian actor and singer
- 1950 - Raja Pervez Ashraf, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 1951 - John Scofield, American jazz guitarist and composer
- 1952 - Alexander Ankvab, Abkhazian politician
- 1953 – Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
- 1953 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
- 1953 – Leonel Fernandez, former President of the Dominican Republic
- 1954 - Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and son of Edmund Hillary
- 1954 - Susan Butcher, American dogsledder (d. 2006)
- 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1955 – Evan Bayh, US Senator from Indiana
- 1956 – David Sedaris, American essayist
- 1957 - Dermot Murnaghan, British newsreader
- 1959 – Koji Morimoto, Japanese director
- 1960 - Andrew Graham-Dixon, British art historian and broadcaster
- 1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish musician (Metallica)
- 1969 – Thomas Linke, German footballer
- 1969 – Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, American-born German equestrian
- 1971 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
- 1971 – Jared Leto, American actor, singer and musician
- 1975 – Marcelo Rios, Chilean tennis player
- 1976 – Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
- 1976 - Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinska, Belarussian athlete
- 1979 - Fabian Carini, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979 – Mark Cueto, English rugby player
- 1979 – Chris Daughtry, American singer
- 1981 - Ilia Kandelaki, Georgian footballer
- 1982 - Shun Oguri, Japanese actor and model
- 1982 – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
- 1984 - Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
- 1986 - Hugo Lloris, French footballer
- 1987 - Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstani tennis player
- 1989 - Yohan Blake, Jamaican athlete
- 1990 – Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
- 1991 - Eden Sher, American actress
- 1994 – Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
- 1995 – Zach Mills, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 268 - Pope Dionysius
- 418 - Pope Zosinos
- 1458 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
- 1476 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 14440
- 1530 – Babur, Mughal Emperor (b. 1483)
- 1624 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)
- 1780 - John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
- 1784 – Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
- 1811 - George William Smith, Governor of Virginia (b. 1762)
- 1867 – Jozsef Kossics, Slovenian writer (b. 1788)
- 1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
- 1933 – Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)
- 1960 - Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
- 1970 – Lillian Board, British athlete (b. 1948)
- 1972 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
- 1973 – Harold B. Lee, American Mormon leader (b. 1899)
- 1985 – Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)
- 1985 - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (b. 1928)
- 1986 – Elsa Lanchester, British actress (b. 1902)
- 1999 – Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)
- 1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
- 2001 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
- 2004 – Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
- 2004 – Khun Bhumi Jensen, Thai royal (b. 1983)
- 2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
- 2005 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
- 2006 – Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Salvador Jorge Blanco, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
- 2011 - Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician (b. 1932)
- 2011 – Sam Rivers, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1923)
- 2012 - Gerry Anderson, British writer, director and producer (b. 1929)
Events [change]
- 1135 - Stephen of England is crowned King.
- 1481 – Battle of Westbroek – Holland defeats troops of Utrecht
- 1606 – King Lear performed in the Court of England
- 1620 – Elizabeth Báthory's crimes are uncovered
- 1620 – Pilgrim Fathers land of what becomes New Plymouth in Massachusetts
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British were defeated in the Battle of Trenton
- 1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution
- 1792 – Final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris
- 1793 – Battle of Geisberg – French defeat Austrians
- 1793 – Wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- 1805 - Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
- 1806 – Battle of Pultusk – indecisive battle between Napoleon and the Russians.
- 1811 - In Richmond, Virginia, the worst theatre fire in US history kills 72 people, including then-Governor of Virginia George William Smith.
- 1812 – Delaware and Chesapeake block off by ships during the War of 1812.
- 1825 – Several Imperial Russia army officers lead 3000 soldiers to the Senate Square in the failed Decembrist uprising
- 1825 – The Erie Canal opens
- 1861 – Confederate diplomatic envoys James Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Britain
- 1862 – 38 starving and angry Lakota men are hanged for killing white people after a brief rebellion
- 1862 – American Civil War: Start of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.
- 1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium
- 1906 – The world's first full length feature movie is made in Australia, The Story of the Kelly Gang.
- 1908 – Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.
- 1916 - Joseph Joffre is made Marshal of France.
- 1919 - Babe Ruth of the baseball team Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by team owner Harry Frazee.
- 1925 – The Communist Party of India is founded.
- 1925 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar, which it uses from January 1, 1926.
- 1931 – Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity was founded
- 1933 – The Nissan Motor Company was organized in Tokyo, Japan
- 1933 – FM radio is patented
- 1943 – The German warship Scharnhorst sinks off the coast of North Cape in Norway after being attacked by the British Royal Navy late the previous evening.
- 1943 – At the Cairo Conference, Winston Churchill decides that Germany needs to be defeated before Japan.
- 1944 – The play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams was first publicly performed.
- 1944 – American troops repulse German forces at Bastogne
- 1945 – CFP franc and CFA franc are created
- 1946 – Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas
- 1947 – 26 inches of snowfall in 16 hours in New York City
- 1948 – Cardinal Mindszenty arrested in Hungary
- 1966 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach
- 1973 – Comet Kohoutek reaches perihelion but is not such a display as expected.
- 1973 - The horror movie The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, is released in US cinemas.
- 1973 – Soyuz 13 lands
- 1974 – Salyut 4 launched
- 1975 – Tupolev Tu-144 goes into service in the Soviet Union.
- 1976 – Foundation of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist).
- 1978 - The first Paris to Dakar Rally starts in Paris.
- 1979 – Soviet Special forces troops take over presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan
- 1980 – Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
- 1982 – TIME magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human; the personal computer
- 1984 – Princess Astrid of Belgium marries Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este
- 1986 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after thirty-five years on the air
- 1988 – Start of the Nanjing Anti-African protests
- 1991 – Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the USSR
- 1996 – JonBenét Ramsey, a six-year-old beauty queen, was found murdered in her family's basement in Boulder, Colorado
- 1996 – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification goes into force.
- 1997 - The Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat explodes.
- 1998 – Iraq announced its intention to fire upon US and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern "no-fly zones"
- 1998 – Severe gales over Ireland, northern England, and southern Scotland. Widespread disruption, widespread power outages in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.
- 1999 – On the 26-28th, France and countries to the east, including Germany, are hit by severe storms and rain. Over 100 people were killed, and the storm caused extensive damage to property and trees and the French national power grid.
- 2002 – French Raelian scientist Brigitte Boisselier says Clonaid has delivered the first of a supposed five clone babies through cesarean section
- 2003 – Major earthquake, of magnitude 6.6, devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands; citadel of Arg-é Bam is destroyed.
- 2004 – A massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter magnitude scale 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. The death toll is currently estimated at more than 300,000. Officials say the true toll may never be known, due to rapid burials. Indonesia was worst affected with as many as 219,000 people killed.
- 2004 – In a re-run of Ukraine's Presidential election Viktor Yushchenko defeats Viktor Yanukovich.
- 2006 – At least 260 people are killed when an oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria, explodes.
- 2012 - Shinzo Abe becomes Prime Minister of Japan for a second time.
Observances [change]
- Boxing Day in the Commonwealth of Nations, except if 26 December happens to be a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, it is moved to December 27 by Royal Proclamation.
- Saint Stephen's Day in Roman Catholicism, holiday in some European countries
- First Day of Kwanzaa (United States)
- Second Day of Christmas
