What are the important events that happened on December 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 26 is the 361st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 13, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,992 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontahenagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 34 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,388 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 26 Historical Events
- 1135 –Coronation of King Stephen of England.
- 1792 –The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris, France.
- 1799 –Four thousand people attend George Washington’s funeral where Henry Lee declares him as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
- 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.
- 1919 –Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
- 1925 –Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
- 1944 –World War II: Patton’s Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
- 1945 –CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
- 1982 –Time’s Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
- 1997 –The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
Who were born on December 26?
- 1780 –Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
- 1791 –Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
- 1853 –René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
- 1930 –Donald Moffat, English-born actor
- 1930 –Jean Ferrat, French singer and songwriter
- 1933 –Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality
- 1948 –Candy Crowley, American journalist
- 1951 –John Scofield, American jazz guitarist
- 1982 –Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
- 1985 –Beth Behrs, American actress
Who died on December 26?
- 1786 –Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
- 1890 –Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
- 1923 –Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
- 1963 –“Gorgeous” George Wagner, American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915)
- 1986 –Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 –Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- 2000 –Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2004 –Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-born Swedish musician (Nasum) (b. 1974)
- 2004 –Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician (b. 1959)
- 2006 –Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
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