December 26th
From: December 26 Events in History
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
2003 Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran
1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed
1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction
1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India
1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1978 India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
1975 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144)
1973 "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth
1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"
1963 US furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R. 1947 British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia
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
1933 US forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere
1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China
1931 SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten 1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar
1917 Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I
1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
1872 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18")
1865 James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator 1862 Battle of Dumfries, VA
1862 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising
1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter
1825 Erie Canal opens
1813 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies
1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen
1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
1776 George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton
1773 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
1659 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA 1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus 1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht