December 26 in History
What happened on December 26 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on december 26 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on december 26 in history.
?>2006
Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford dies at age 93. Ford was the only unelected president in America’s history.
2004
A tsunami caused by a 9.3-magnitude earthquake kills more than 230,000 along the rim of the Indian Ocean.
1999
Lothar, a violent, 36-hour windstorm begins; it kills 137 and causes $1.3 billion (US dollars) damage in Central Europe.
1996
JonBenet Ramsey, a six-year-old beauty queen, is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, one of the most high-profile crimes of the late 20th century in the US.
1996
Workers in South Korea’s automotive and shipbuilding industries begin the largest labor strike in that country’s history, protesting a new law that made firing employees easier and would curtail the rights of labor groups to organize.
1991
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
1982
Time magazine chooses a personal computer as it “Man of the Year,” the first non-human ever to receive the honor.
1979
The Soviet Union flies 5,000 troops to intervene in the Afghanistan conflict.
1966
Dr. Maulana Karenga celebrates the first Kwanza, a seven-day African-American celebration of family and heritage.
1962
Eight East Berliners escape to West Berlin, crashing through gates in an armor-plated bus.
1953
The United States announces the withdrawal of two divisions from Korea.
1945
The United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain, end a 10-day meeting, seeking an atomic rule by the UN Council.
1944
Advancing Soviet troops complete their encirclement of Budapest in Hungary.
1943
The German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk by British ships in an Arctic fight.
1941
General Douglas MacArthur declares Manila an open city in the face of the onrushing Japanese Army.
1932
Over 70,000 people are killed in a massive earthquake in China.
1925
Six U.S. destroyers are ordered from Manila to China to protect interests in the civil war that is being waged there.
1917
As a wartime measure, President Woodrow Wilson places railroads under government control, with Secretary of War William McAdoo as director general.
1866
Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, head of the Department of the Platte, receives word of the Fetterman Fight in Powder River County in the Dakota territory.
1862
38 Santee Sioux are hanged in Mankato, Minnesota for their part in the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. Little Crow has fled the state.
1806
Napoleon’s army is checked by the Russians at the Battle of Pultusk.
1786
Daniel Shay leads a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.
1776
After crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey, George Washington leads an attack on Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and takes 900 men prisoner.