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{{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[887]] – [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] is elected as king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] by the lords of [[Lombardy]]. He is crowned with the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] at [[Pavia]].<ref>[[Reuter, Timothy]] (trans.) ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100226063634/http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/fulda.htm The Annals of Fulda]''. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992. p. 121</ref> *[[1481]] – [[Battle of Westbroek]]: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by [[David of Burgundy]], [[List of bishops and archbishops of Utrecht|Bishop of Utrecht]], attacks an armed mob of people from nearby [[Utrecht]] who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.<ref name=burhmann>{{cite book|last=Bührmann|first=Frans C.|title=Bührmann's Geschiedenis van ons Vaderland van de vroegste tijden tot op heden. Vol. IV: Van het jaar 1433-1543|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Bührmann|date=1867|oclc=69226799|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWxhAAAAcAAJ|page=98|language=Dutch}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1704]] – [[Second Battle of Anandpur]]: In the Second Battle of Anandpur, Aurangzeb's two generals, Wazir Khan and Zaberdast Khan executed two children of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], Zorawar Singh aged eight and Fateh Singh aged five, by burying them alive into a wall.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Louis E.|last1=Fenech|first2=W. H.|last2=McLeod|author-link2=W. H. McLeod|title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-3601-1 |page=9|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|first=Nikky-Guninder Kaur|last=Singh|title=Sikhism: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8yWAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT84 |year=2011|publisher=[[I.B.Tauris]]|isbn= 978-0-85773-549-2|pages=84–85}}</ref> *[[1709]] – The opera ''[[Agrippina (opera)|Agrippina]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] premiered in Venice.<ref>Dean, Winton; and [[J. Merrill Knapp]] (1995), ''Handel's Operas, 1704–1726'' (Revised edition). p. 128. Clarendon Press, Oxford. {{ISBN|0-19-816441-6}}.</ref> *[[1723]] – [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] led the first performance of [[Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40|''Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'', BWV 40]], his first [[Christmas Cantata]] composed for Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web | last = Wolff | first = Christoph | author-link = Christoph Wolff | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Rec-BIG/Koopman-C08-1c%5BErato-3CD%5D.pdf | title = On the first cycle of Bach's cantatas for the Leipzig liturgy (1723–1724) (III) | publisher = Bach Cantatas Website | date = 1998 | access-date = 4 December 2012 }}</ref> *[[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: In the [[Battle of Trenton]], the [[Continental Army]] under General [[George Washington]] executes a successful surprise attack and defeats a garrison of [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian forces]] serving [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=David Hackett|title=Washington's Crossing|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780195181593|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oreq1YztDcQC|pages=234–235, 512 fn.27}}</ref> *[[1790]] – [[Louis XVI]] of France gives his public assent to [[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]] during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lever|first=Evelyne|title=Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|date=2001|isbn=9780312283339|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5_VdPU55KCoC|page=245}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)|Second Battle of Wissembourg]]: France defeats Austria.<ref>{{cite book|last=Van Husen|first=William H.|chapter=Weissenburg, Second Battle of (December 1793)|title=Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. Volume 4: U—Z|editor-last=Zabecki|editor-first=David T.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2014|isbn=9781598849806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ|page=1430}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Henry Lee III]]'s eulogy to [[George Washington]] in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Lucian Lamar|title=Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends|location=Atlanta|publisher=Byrd Printing Co.|date=1913|oclc=1333051|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEkUAAAAYAAJ|page=3}}</ref> *[[1805]] – Austria and France sign the [[Peace of Pressburg (1805)|Treaty of Pressburg]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holt|first1=Lucius Hudson|last2=Chilton|first2=Alexander Wheeler|title=A Brief History of Europe From 1789 to 1815|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan|date=1919|oclc=977176927|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tkLAAAAYAAJ|page=223}}</ref> *[[1806]] – Battles of [[Battle of Pułtusk|Pultusk]] and [[Battle of Golymin|Golymin]]: Russian forces hold [[First French Empire|French]] forces under [[Napoleon]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Henry|title=Our Redcoats and Bluejackets: War Pictures on Land and Sea|location=London|publisher=John Hogg|date=1879|oclc=266089353|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cI8BAAAAQAAJ|page=85}}</ref> *[[1811]] – A [[Richmond Theatre fire|theater fire]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]] kills 72 people, including the [[Governor of Virginia]] [[George William Smith (politician)|George William Smith]] and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia [[Abraham B. Venable]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Meredith Henne|title=The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America's First Great Disaster|location=Baton Rouge|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780807143742|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Th9fDwAAQBAJ|pages=ix, 17, 34}}</ref> *[[1825]] – Advocates of [[liberalism]] in Russia rise up against [[Nicholas I of Russia|Czar Nicholas I]] in the [[Decembrist revolt]], but are later suppressed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Karnaukhova|first1=Oxana|last2=Verdugo|first2=Richard R.|chapter=Russian National Identity|title=National Identity: Theory and Research|editor-last1=Verdugo|editor-first1=Richard R.|editor-last2=Milne|editor-first2=Andrew|location=Charlotte, N.C.|publisher=Information Age Publishing|date=2016|isbn=9781681235233|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAcoDwAAQBAJ|page=180 fn. 17}}</ref> *[[1843]] – The discovery of [[octonions]] by [[John T. Graves]], who denoted them with a boldface '''O''', was announced to his mathematician friend [[William Rowan Hamilton|William Hamilton]], discoverer of [[quaternions]], in a letter on this date.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sabadini |first1=Irene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-5v6pPpyb4C&dq=december%2026,%201843%20octonion&pg=PA168 |title=Hypercomplex Analysis |last2=Shapiro |first2=Michael |last3=Sommen |first3=Franciscus |date=2009-04-21 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-7643-9893-4}}</ref> *[[1860]] – First [[Rules derby]] is held between [[Sheffield F.C.]] and [[Hallam F.C.]], the oldest football fixture in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=World's oldest football teams play in derby|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-23471740|access-date=25 July 2016|publisher=BBC|date=27 July 2013}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Trent Affair|''Trent'' Affair]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] diplomatic envoys [[James M. Mason|James Murray Mason]] and [[John Slidell]] are freed by the United States government, thus easing tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barney|first=William L.|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780199782017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vC5T-O9afXEC|page=323}}</ref> *[[1862]] – American Civil War: The [[Battle of Chickasaw Bayou]] begins as [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[William Tecumseh Sherman|William T. Sherman]] starts landing his troops in an attempt to advance on [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Terry L.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil War|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810878112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXEMyi7gS5IC|page=xxx}}</ref> * 1862 – [[Dakota War of 1862]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862#Execution|largest mass-hanging in U.S. history]] takes place in [[Mankato, Minnesota]], where 38 Native American prisoners are hanged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/06/08/mankato-hangings-an-uneasy-topic-for-minnesota-schools|title=History we don't teach: Mankato hangings an uneasy topic for MN schools|last=Wastvedt|first=Solvejg|website=mprnews.org|date=9 June 2017 |access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref> *[[1871]] – ''[[Thespis (opera)|Thespis]]'', the first [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] collaboration, debuts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wren|first=Gayden|title=A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2001|isbn=9780195301724|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8dtxOyag2wC|page=24}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Marie Curie|Marie]] and [[Pierre Curie]] announce the isolation of [[radium]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strikman|first1=Mark|last2=Spartalian|first2=Kevork|last3=Cole|first3=Milton|title=Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2015|isbn=9780691125862|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFgiBQAAQBAJ|page=68}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1919]] – [[Babe Ruth]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]] is sold to the [[New York Yankees]] by owner [[Harry Frazee]], allegedly establishing the [[Curse of the Bambino]] superstition. *[[1926]] – World premiere of [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]'s tone poem ''[[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Sibelius' Works of the 1920s|url=http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/kron_1920-1929.htm|accessdate=2009-04-18|archive-date=2022-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815004023/http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/kron_1920-1929.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1941]] – U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] in the United States. *1941 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill [[Winston Churchill's address to Congress (1941)|addresses a joint meeting]] of the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Churchill's Historic Speech to Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/senate-stories/churchills-historic-speech-to-congress.htm |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=senate.gov}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: German warship ''[[German battleship Scharnhorst|Scharnhorst]]'' is sunk off Norway's [[North Cape (Norway)|North Cape]] after a [[Battle of the North Cape|battle against major Royal Navy forces]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: [[George S. Patton]]'s [[United States Army Central|Third Army]] [[Siege of Bastogne|breaks the encirclement]] of surrounded U.S. forces at [[Bastogne]], Belgium. *[[1948]] – Cardinal [[József Mindszenty]] is arrested in Hungary and accused of [[treason]] and conspiracy. * 1948 – The last [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops withdraw from [[North Korea]]. *[[1963]] – [[The Beatles]]' "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" and "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level. *[[1966]] – The first [[Kwanzaa]] is celebrated by [[Maulana Karenga]], the chair of [[Africana studies|Black Studies]] at [[California State University, Long Beach]]. *[[1968]] – The [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] is established by [[Jose Maria Sison]], breaking away from the [[Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930]]. *[[1972]] – [[Vietnam War]]: As part of [[Operation Linebacker II]], 120 American [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 Stratofortress]] bombers attacked [[Hanoi]], including 78 launched from [[Andersen Air Force Base]] in [[Guam]], the largest single combat launch in [[Strategic Air Command]] history. *[[1975]] – [[Tu-144]], the world's first commercial [[supersonic aircraft]], surpassing [[Mach number|Mach 2]], goes into service. *[[1978]] – The inaugural [[Paris-Dakar|Paris-Dakar Rally]] begins.<ref name="dakar1">{{cite web|title=History (dakar.com)|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/historical|publisher=Dakar|accessdate=2022-01-08}}</ref><ref name="pdf">{{cite web|title=History of Dakar – RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007|url=http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf|url-status=dead|publisher=Dakar|accessdate=2009-01-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010721/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf|archivedate=2010-06-01}}</ref> *[[1980]] – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of [[Rendlesham Forest incident|unexplained lights]] near [[RAF Woodbridge]], in [[Rendlesham Forest]], [[Suffolk]], England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's [[Roswell UFO incident|Roswell]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolk.police.uk/aboutus/yourrighttoinformation/freedomofinformation/publicationscheme/idoc.ashx?docid=cdf0ea85-e6d5-4a75-bcd4-cb5e385eb526&version=-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715010101/http://www.suffolk.police.uk/aboutus/yourrighttoinformation/freedomofinformation/publicationscheme/idoc.ashx?docid%3Dcdf0ea85%2De6d5%2D4a75%2Dbcd4%2Dcb5e385eb526%26version%3D%2D1|title = Unusual Lights Incident Rendlesham |archive-date = 15 July 2013 |publisher = Suffolk Constabulary |url-status=dead |work=suffolk.police.uk}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[United Express Flight 2415]] crashes on approach to the [[Tri-Cities Airport (Washington)|Tri-Cities Airport]] in [[Pasco, Washington]], killing all six people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31 N410UE Pasco-Tri-Cities Airport, WA (PSC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19891226-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421114121/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19891226-0 |archive-date=2005-04-21 }}</ref> *[[1991]] – The [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] meets and formally [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolves the Soviet Union]], ending the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Zbigniew|last1=Brzezinski|author-link1=Zbigniew Brzezinski|first2=Zbigniew K.|last2=Brzezinski|first3=Paige|last3=Sullivan|title=Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt5OLD3vp4UC&pg=PR5|year=1997|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|isbn=978-1-56324-637-1|page=5}}</ref> *[[1994]] – Four [[Armed Islamic Group of Algeria|Armed Islamic Group]] [[Aircraft hijacking|hijackers]] seize control of [[Air France Flight 8969]]. When the plane lands at [[Marseille]], a [[National Gendarmerie|French Gendarmerie]] assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers. *[[1998]] – [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern [[Iraqi no-fly zones|no-fly zones]]. *[[1999]] – The storm [[Cyclone Lothar|Lothar]] sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage. *[[2003]] – The 6.6 {{M|w}} [[2003 Bam earthquake|Bam earthquake]] shakes southeastern [[Iran]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured. *[[2004]] – The 9.1–9.3 {{M|w}} [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Indian Ocean earthquake]] shakes northern [[Sumatra]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). One of the largest observed [[tsunami]]s, it affected coastal and partially mainland areas of [[Thailand]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Maldives]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Indonesia]]; death toll is estimated at 227,898. * 2004 – [[Orange Revolution]]: The final [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election|run-off election]] in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny. *[[2006]] – [[2006 Hengchun earthquakes|Two earthquakes in Hengchun, Taiwan]] measuring 7.0 and 6.9 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] kill two and disrupt telecommunications across [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/environment/EARTHQUAKE.asp?id=98556&callid=1|title= Clean up work begins after Taiwan quake|website=ND TV|date=December 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135806/http://www.ndtv.com/environment/EARTHQUAKE.asp?id=98556&callid=1|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> *[[2012]] – China [[High-speed rail in China|opens]] the [[List of high-speed railway lines|world's longest]] high-speed [[Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway|rail route]], which links [[Beijing]] and [[Guangzhou]]. *[[2015]] – [[2015 Garland tornado|A violent EF-4 tornado]] hits [[Garland, Texas]], killing nine and injuring almost 500 others.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last1=US Department of Commerce |first1=NOAA |title=12/26/15 North TX Tornado Outbreak |url=https://www.weather.gov/fwd/dec26tornadoes |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service Fort Worth TX}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2015-12-27 |title=Dallas area tornadoes leave 11 dead and dozens injured |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/27/dallas-tornadoes-deaths-injuries-storms-southeast |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[2021 Garland shooting|Three people are killed]] when a 13-year-old opens fire on civilians at a [[Texaco]] convenience store in Garland, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=Man found guilty in 2021 Garland shooting that left 3 teens dead. But his teen son, the suspected gunman, remains at large |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/us/garland-triple-homicide-father-charged-capital-murder/index.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-28 |title=Suspect arrested after Texas convenience store shooting that killed 3 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-dead-one-critical-garland-texas-convenience-store-shooting-rcna10034 |access-date=2024-10-09 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1194]] – [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1250)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick II {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-II-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> *[[1446]] – [[Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry]], French noble (died 1472) *[[1526]] – [[Rose Lok]], businesswoman and Protestant exile (died 1613) *[[1532]] – [[Wilhelm Xylander]], German scholar and academic (died 1576) *[[1536]] – [[Yi I]], Korean philosopher and scholar (died 1584) *[[1537]] – [[Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg]] (died 1593) *[[1581]] – [[Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach]] (died 1643) ===1601–1900=== *[[1618]] – [[Elisabeth of the Palatinate]], German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (died 1680) *[[1628]] – [[John Page (Middle Plantation)|John Page]], English Colonial<!-- He was not American, as America was not a country until decades after his death, as shown by the reference. --><ref name="YoungNash2011">{{cite book |author1=Fabian Young, Alfred |author2=Nash, Gary B. |author3=Raphael, Ray |title=Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEzaLJ4u_MEC&pg=PA4 |year=2011 |publisher=Random House Digital |isbn=978-0-307-27110-5 |pages=4–7}}</ref> politician (died 1692) *[[1646]] – [[Robert Bolling]], English/English Colonial<ref name="YoungNash2011"/> merchant and planter (died 1709) *[[1687]] – [[Johann Georg Pisendel]], German violinist and composer (died 1755) *[[1716]] – [[Thomas Gray]], English poet and scholar (died 1771) * 1716 – [[Jean François de Saint-Lambert]], French soldier and philosopher (died 1803) *[[1723]] – [[Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm]], German-French author and playwright (died 1807) *[[1737]] – [[Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (died 1815) *[[1751]] – [[Lord George Gordon]], English lieutenant and politician (died 1793) * 1751 – [[Clemens Maria Hofbauer]], Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (died 1820) *[[1769]] – [[Ernst Moritz Arndt]], German writer and poet (died 1860) *[[1780]] – [[Mary Somerville]], Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (died 1872)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Somerville: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/marysomerville.html |website=undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1785]] – [[Étienne Constantin de Gerlache]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (died 1871) *[[1782]] – [[Philaret Drozdov]], Russian metropolitan and saint (died 1867) *[[1791]] – [[Charles Babbage]], English mathematician and engineer, invented the [[Difference engine]] (died 1871) *[[1803]] – [[Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald]], Estonian physician and author (died 1882) *[[1819]] – [[E. D. E. N. Southworth]], American author and educator (died 1899) *[[1820]] – [[Dion Boucicault]], Irish actor and playwright (died 1890) *[[1837]] – [[Morgan Bulkeley]], American soldier and politician, 54th [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] (died 1922) * 1837 – [[George Dewey]], American admiral (died 1917) *[[1852]] – [[Johannes François Snelleman]], Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (died 1938) *[[1853]] – [[René Bazin]], French author and academic (died 1932) *[[1854]] – [[José Yves Limantour]], Mexican financier and politician, [[Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico)|Mexican Secretary of Finance]] (died 1935) *[[1859]] – [[William Stephens (American politician)|William Stephens]], American lawyer and politician, 24th [[Governor of California]] (died 1944) *[[1863]] – [[Charles Pathé]], French record producer, co-founded [[Pathé Records]] (died 1957) *[[1864]] – [[Yun Chi-ho]], Korean activist and politician (died 1945) *[[1867]] – [[Phan Bội Châu]], Vietnamese activist (died 1940) *[[1869]] – [[Mathieu Cordang]], Dutch cyclist (died 1942) *[[1870]] – [[Virginia Bolten]], Argentine feminist and trade unionist (died 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bolten, Virginia 1870-1960? {{!}} libcom.org |url=https://libcom.org/article/bolten-virginia-1870-1960 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=libcom.org}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Norman Angell]], English journalist, academic, and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1967) *[[1873]] – [[Thomas Wass]], English cricketer (died 1953) *[[1874]] – [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], Bangladeshi theologian and academic (died 1965) *[[1883]] – [[Maurice Utrillo]], French painter (died 1955) *[[1885]] – [[Bazoline Estelle Usher]], African-American educator (died 1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://georgiawomen.org/2014/04/usher-bazoline|title=Usher, Bazoline {{!}} Georgia Women|date=2016-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311165214/http://georgiawomen.org/2014/04/usher-bazoline|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Arthur Percival]], English general (died 1966) *[[1888]] – [[Marius Canard]], French orientalist and historian (died 1982) *[[1889]] – [[Ragnhild Kaarbø]], Norwegian painter (died 1949)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnhild Kaarbø |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnhild_Kaarbø |language=no|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Konstantinos Georgakopoulos]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 1973) * 1890 – [[Percy Hodge]], English runner (died 1967) *[[1891]] – [[Henry Miller]], American author and painter (died 1980) *[[1892]] – [[Don Barclay (actor)|Don Barclay]], American actor and illustrator (died 1975) *[[1893]] – [[Mao Zedong]], Chinese politician, [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] (died 1976) *[[1894]] – [[Jean Toomer]], American author and poet (died 1967) *[[1900]] – [[Evelyn Bark]], leading member of the [[British Red Cross]], first female recipient of the [[Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George|CMG]] (died 1993)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-evelyn-bark-1493450.html|title=Obituary: Evelyn Bark|date=1993-06-24|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Elmar Muuk]], Estonian linguist and author (died 1941) *[[1902]] – [[Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan]], Russian painter and sculptor (died 1980) *[[1903]] – [[Elisha Cook, Jr.]], American actor (died 1995) *[[1904]] – [[Alejo Carpentier]], Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (died 1980) *[[1905]] – [[William Loeb III]], American publisher (died 1981) *[[1907]] – [[Albert Gore, Sr.]], American lawyer and politician (died 1998) *[[1908]] – [[Ralph Hill (runner)|Ralph Hill]], American runner (died 1994) *[[1909]] – [[Matt Gordy]], American pole vaulter (died 1989) *[[1910]] – [[Imperio Argentina]], Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (died 2003) * 1910 – [[Marguerite Churchill]], American actress (died 2000) *[[1912]] – [[Arsenio Lacson]], Filipino journalist and politician, [[Mayor of Manila]] (died 1962) *[[1913]] – [[Frank Swift]], English footballer and journalist (died 1958) *[[1914]] – [[Richard Widmark]], American actor (died 2008) *[[1915]] – [[Rolf Botvid]], Swedish actor and screenwriter (died 1998) *[[1918]] – [[Olga Lopes-Seale]], Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (died 2011) * 1918 – [[Georgios Rallis]], Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 2006) *[[1921]] – [[Steve Allen]], American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (died 2000) * 1921 – [[John Severin]], American illustrator (died 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Richard Mayes]], English actor (died 2006) *[[1923]] – [[Richard Artschwager]], American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (died 2013) *[[1924]] – [[Frank Broyles]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2017)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 26: Kit Harington, Eden Sher |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-26-Kit-Harington-Eden-Sher/8161671828598/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 December 2023 |date=26 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Earle Brown]], American composer (died 2002) *[[1927]] – [[Denis Gifford]], English journalist and historian (died 2000) * 1927 – [[Alan King]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004) * 1927 – [[Stu Miller]], American baseball player (died 2015) * 1927 – [[Denis Quilley]], English actor (died 2003) *[[1928]] – [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]], American engineer, invented the [[mobile phone]]<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2506300048.html|title=Encyclopedia of World Biography|year=2008|website=encyclopedia.com}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Kathleen Crowley]], American actress (died 2017) * 1929 – [[Régine Zylberberg]], Belgian-French singer and actress (died 2022) *[[1930]] – [[Jean Ferrat]], French singer-songwriter and poet (died 2010) * 1930 – [[Harry Gamble]], American football player, coach, and manager (died 2014) * 1930 – [[Donald Moffat]], English-American actor (died 2018) *[[1933]] – [[Caroll Spinney]], American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2019) *[[1935]] – [[Rohan Kanhai]], Guyanese cricketer * 1935 – [[Norm Ullman]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[1936]] – [[Kitty Dukakis]], American author, [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Massachusetts|First Lady of Massachusetts]] (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |date=March 22, 2025 |title=Kitty Dukakis, Activist Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/kitty-dukakis-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *1936 – [[Peep Jänes]], Estonian architect * 1936 – [[Trevor Taylor (racing driver)|Trevor Taylor]], English race car driver (died 2010) *[[1937]] – [[John Horton Conway]], English mathematician, known for [[Conway's Game of Life]] (died 2020) *[[1938]] – [[Bahram Beyzai]], Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1938 – [[Robert Hamerton-Kelly]], South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (died 2013) * 1938 – [[Alamgir Kabir (film maker)|Alamgir Kabir]], Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989) * 1938 – [[Mirko Kovač (writer)|Mirko Kovač]], Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2013) *[[1939]] – [[Fred Schepisi]], Australian director and screenwriter * 1939 – [[Phil Spector]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2021) *[[1940]] – [[Edward C. Prescott]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2022) * 1940 – [[Ray Sadecki]], American baseball player (died 2014) *[[1941]] – [[Daniel Schmid]], Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006) *[[1942]] – [[Vinicio Cerezo]], Guatemalan politician, 28th [[President of Guatemala]] * 1942 – [[Catherine Coulter]], American author * 1942 – [[Gray Davis]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th [[Governor of California]] *[[1944]] – [[William Ayers]], American academic and activist *[[1945]] – [[John Walsh (television host)|John Walsh]], American television host, producer, and activist, created ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' *[[1946]] – [[Alan Frumin]], American lawyer and politician * 1946 – [[Tiit Rosenberg]], Estonian historian and academic *[[1947]] – [[James T. Conway]], American general * 1947 – [[Jean Echenoz]], French author * 1947 – [[Carlton Fisk]], American baseball player * 1947 – [[Josef Janíček]], Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player * 1947 – [[Liz Lochhead]], Scottish poet and playwright<ref>{{cite web |title=Liz Lochhead – Poet |url=https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/liz-lochhead/ |website=Scottish Poetry Library |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Richard Levis McCormick]], American historian and academic *[[1948]] – [[Candy Crowley]], American journalist *[[1949]] – [[José Ramos-Horta]], East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of East Timor]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1950]] – [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]], Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] * 1950 – [[Mario Mendoza]], Mexican baseball player and manager *[[1953]] – [[Leonel Fernández]], Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st [[President of the Dominican Republic]] * 1953 – [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]], Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th [[President of Estonia]] * 1953 – [[Makis Katsavakis]], Greek footballer and manager * 1953 – [[Henning Schmitz]], German drummer *[[1954]] – [[Peter Hillary]], New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist * 1954 – [[Ozzie Smith]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1955]] – [[Evan Bayh]], American lawyer and politician, 46th [[Governor of Indiana]] *[[1956]] – [[David Sedaris]], American comedian, author, and radio host *[[1957]] – [[Dermot Murnaghan]], English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host *[[1958]] – [[Adrian Newey]], English aerodynamicist and engineer *[[1959]] – [[Wang Lijun]], Chinese police officer and politician * 1959 – [[Kōji Morimoto]], Japanese animator and director * 1959 – [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]], Danish motorcycle racer *[[1960]] – [[Keith Martin Ball]], American mathematician and academic * 1960 – [[Ruud Kaiser]], Dutch footballer and manager * 1960 – [[Cem Uzan]], Turkish businessman and politician *[[1961]] – [[Andrew Lock]], Australian mountaineer *[[1962]] – [[James Kottak]], American drummer (died 2024) * 1962 – [[Mark Starr]], English wrestler (died 2013) *[[1963]] – [[Craig Teitzel]], Australian rugby league player * 1963 – [[Lars Ulrich]], Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 26, 2022 includes celebrities Jared Leto, Kit Harington |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-26-2022-includes-celebrities-jared-leto-kit-harington.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 December 2023 |date=26 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Elizabeth Kostova]], American author *[[1966]] – [[Jay Farrar]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1966 – [[Tim Legler]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1968]] – [[Matt Zoller Seitz]], American film critic and author *[[1969]] – [[Isaac Viciosa]], Spanish runner *[[1970]] – [[James Mercer (musician)|James Mercer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1971]] – [[Jared Leto]], American actor and musician * 1971 – [[Mika Nurmela]], Finnish footballer * 1971 – [[Tatiana Sorokko]], Russian-American model and journalist *[[1972]] – [[Gaby Colebunders]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Volksvertegenwoordigers: Gaby Colebunders |date=26 December 1972 |url=https://www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/vlaamse-volksvertegenwoordigers-het-vlaams-parlement/gaby-colebunders |publisher=[[Flemish Parliament]] |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722112438/https://www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/vlaamse-volksvertegenwoordigers-het-vlaams-parlement/gaby-colebunders |archive-date=22 July 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Esteban Fuertes]], Argentinian footballer * 1972 – [[Robert Muchamore]], English author *[[1973]] – [[Paulo Frederico Benevenute]], Brazilian footballer * 1973 – [[Gianluca Faliva]], Italian rugby player * 1973 – [[Nobuhiko Matsunaka]], Japanese baseball player * 1973 – [[Steve Prescott]], English rugby player (died 2013) *[[1974]] – [[Joshua John Miller]], American actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1975]] – [[Chris Calaguio]], Filipino basketball player * 1975 – [[Marcelo Ríos]], Chilean tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcelo Rios {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-rios/r286/overview |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref> * 1975 – [[María Vasco]], Spanish race walker *[[1976]] – [[Simon Goodwin]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1977]] – [[Fatih Akyel]], Turkish footballer and manager * 1977 – [[Adrienn Hegedűs]], Hungarian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup Player Profile: Adrienn Hegedűs |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800187215 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=billiejeankingcup.com |archive-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022124559/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800187215 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Karel Rüütli]], Estonian lawyer and politician * 1978 – [[Kaoru Sugayama]], Japanese volleyball player *[[1979]] – [[Fabián Carini]], Uruguayan footballer * 1979 – [[Chris Daughtry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1979 – [[Dimitry Vassiliev]], Russian ski jumper * 1979 – [[Craig Wing]], Australian rugby player *[[1980]] – [[Todd Dunivant]], American soccer player * 1980 – [[Ceylan Ertem]], Turkish singer *[[1981]] – [[Pablo Canavosio]], Argentine-Italian rugby player * 1981 – [[Omar Infante]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Omar Infante |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/omar-infante-408299 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Kenneth Darby]], American football player * 1982 – [[Noel Hunt]], Irish footballer * 1982 – [[Aksel Lund Svindal]], Norwegian skier *[[1983]] – [[Jeroen Soete]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Jeroen Soete |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=08050 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=11 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Yu Takahashi (singer-songwriter)|Yu Takahashi]], Japanese singer-songwriter * 1983 – [[Alexander Wang (designer)|Alexander Wang]], American fashion designer *[[1984]] – [[Ahmed Barusso]], Ghanaian footballer * 1984 – [[Leonardo Ghiraldini]], Italian rugby player * 1984 – [[Alex Schwazer]], Italian race walker *[[1985]] – [[Damir Markota]], Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damir Markota |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200806/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Joe Alexander]], American-Israeli basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alexajo01.html|title=Joe Alexander Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Kit Harington]], English actor * 1986 – [[Hugo Lloris]], French footballer * 1986 – [[Selen Soyder]], Turkish actress and beauty queen *[[1987]] – [[Oskar Osala]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Oskar Osala |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/oskar-osala-8473496 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Yohan Blake]], Jamaican sprinter * 1989 – [[Sofiane Feghouli]], Algerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sofiane Feghouli|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/7564/Sofiane-F%C3%A9ghouli/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Tomáš Kundrátek]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomas Kundratek |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tomas-kundratek-8474649 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Denis Cheryshev]], Russian footballer * 1990 – [[Cory Jefferson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cory Jefferson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203928/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Aaron Ramsey]], Welsh footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Ramsey |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/aaron-ramsey |website=arsenal.com |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Brandon Scherff]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Scherff |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2511708/brandon-scherff |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Eden Sher]], American actress * 1991 – [[Trevor Siemian]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Siemian |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2511109/trevor-siemian |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Cecilia Costa Melgar]], Chilean tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup Player Profile: Cecilia Costa Melgar |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800279268 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=billiejeankingcup.com |archive-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022124555/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800279268 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1992 – [[Jade Thirlwall]], English singer *[[1994]] – [[Colby Cave]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Colby Cave |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/colby-cave-8477529 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Souleymane Coulibaly]], Ivorian footballer *[[1997]] – [[Tamara Zidanšek]], Slovenian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association – Official Website |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323079/tamara-zidansek |access-date=2022-10-17 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Aleksej Pokuševski]], Serbian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksej Pokusevski |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630197/aleksej-pokusevski |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Josh Wilson-Esbrand]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Josh-Wilson Esbrand|url= https://www.premierleague.com/players/48690/Josh-Wilson-Esbrand/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[268]] – [[Pope Dionysius|Dionysius]], pope of the Catholic Church<ref>{{cite book |last1=Griggs |first1=C. Wilfred |title=Early Egyptian Christianity: From Its Origins to 451 Ce |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-11926-0 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZLD6gBcAR0C&q=Dionysius+26+december+268&pg=PA112}}</ref> * [[418]] – [[Pope Zosimus|Zosimus]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[831]] – [[Euthymius of Sardis]], Byzantine bishop and saint (born 754) * [[865]] – [[Empress Dowager Zheng|Zheng]], empress of the Tang Dynasty * [[893]] – [[Masrur al-Balkhi]], Abbasid general *[[1006]] – [[Gao Qiong]], Chinese general (born 935) *[[1191]] – [[Reginald Fitz Jocelin]], archbishop-elect of Canterbury *[[1302]] – [[Valdemar, King of Sweden|Valdemar]], king of Sweden (born 1239) *[[1331]] – [[Philip I, Prince of Taranto]], titular Latin Emperor (born 1278) *[[1350]] – [[Jean de Marigny]], French archbishop *[[1352]] – [[John, 3rd Earl of Kent]], English politician (born 1330) *[[1360]] – [[Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent]], English commander (born 1314) *[[1413]] – [[Michele Steno]], doge of Venice (born 1331) *[[1441]] – [[Niccolò III d'Este]], marquess of Ferrara *[[1458]] – [[Arthur III, Duke of Brittany|Arthur III]], duke of Brittany (born 1393) *[[1476]] – [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], duke of Milan (born 1444) *[[1530]] – [[Babur]], Mughal emperor (born 1483) *[[1574]] – [[Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine|Charles de Lorraine]], French cardinal (born 1524) ===1601–1900=== *[[1646]] – [[Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646)|Henri de Bourbon]], prince of Condé (born 1588) *[[1731]] – [[Antoine Houdar de la Motte]], French author (born 1672) *[[1771]] – [[Claude Adrien Helvétius]], French philosopher and activist (born 1715) *[[1780]] – [[John Fothergill (physician)|John Fothergill]], English physician and botanist (born 1712) *[[1784]] – [[Seth Warner]], American colonel (born 1743) *[[1786]] – [[Gasparo Gozzi]], Italian playwright and critic (born 1713) *[[1863]] – [[Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont]], Irish politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone]] (born 1775) *[[1869]] – [[Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille]], French physician and physiologist (born 1797) *[[1890]] – [[Heinrich Schliemann]], German-Italian archaeologist and author (born 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Mary Hartwell Catherwood]], American author and poet (born 1849)<ref>{{cite book|first=Price|last=Robert|chapter=Catherwood, Mary Hartwell|editor-first=Edward T.|editor-last=James|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|volume=1|year=1971|isbn=978-0-67462-734-5|page=308|publisher=Harvard University Press }}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Frederic Remington]], American painter and illustrator (born 1861) *[[1923]] – [[Dietrich Eckart]], German journalist, poet, and politician (born 1868) *[[1925]] – [[Jan Letzel]], Czech architect, designed the [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial]] (born 1880) *[[1929]] – [[Albert Giraud]], Belgian poet (born 1860) *[[1931]] – [[Melvil Dewey]], American librarian and educator, created the [[Dewey Decimal Classification]] (born 1851) *[[1933]] – [[Mary Ann Bevan]], English nurse who, after developing [[acromegaly]], toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world" (born 1874)<ref name=nfa>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/worlds_fair/extracts/1931–1940.html#fleetwood|title=National Fairground Archive – Extracts from ''World's Fair'', 1931–1940|last=|first=|date=2007|website=The University of Sheffield|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091933/http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/worlds_fair/extracts/1931-1940.html#fleetwood|archive-date=18 May 2015|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Anatoly Lunacharsky]], Russian journalist and politician (born 1875) * 1933 – [[Henry Watson Fowler]], English lexicographer and educator (born 1858) *[[1959]] – [[Jack Tresadern]], English footballer and manager (born 1890) *[[1960]] – [[Tetsuro Watsuji]], Japanese historian and philosopher (born 1889) *[[1963]] – [[Gorgeous George]], American wrestler (born 1915) *[[1966]] – [[Ina Boudier-Bakker]], Dutch author (born 1875) * 1966 – [[Herbert Otto Gille]], German general (born 1897) * 1966 – [[Guillermo Stábile]], Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1905) *[[1968]] – [[Weegee]], Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (born 1898) *[[1970]] – [[Lillian Board]], South African-English runner (born 1948) *[[1972]] – [[Harry S. Truman]], American colonel and politician, 33rd [[President of the United States]] (born 1884) *[[1973]] – [[Harold B. Lee]], American religious leader, 11th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (born 1899) *[[1974]] – [[Farid al-Atrash]], Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, [[oud]] player, and actor (born 1915) * 1974 – [[Jack Benny]], American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (born 1894) * 1974 – [[Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton]], Scottish admiral (born 1890) *[[1977]] – [[Howard Hawks]], American director and screenwriter (born 1896) *[[1980]] – [[Tony Smith (sculptor)|Tony Smith]], American sculptor and educator (born 1912) *1980 – [[Richard Chase]], American cannibalistic serial killer and necrophile (born 1950)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keppel |first1=Robert D. |last2=Birnes |first2=William J. |year=2003 |title=The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly Business Unit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDDn1KcdgfAC&pg=PA27 |publisher=Academic Press |page=27 |isbn=978-0124042605 |access-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224191532/https://books.google.com/books?id=iDDn1KcdgfAC&pg=PA27 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Amber Reeves]], New Zealand-English author and scholar (born 1887) * 1981 – [[Suat Hayri Ürgüplü]], Turkish politician, [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (born 1903) * 1981 – [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]], Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer (born 1936) *[[1983]] – [[Hans Liska]], Austrian-German artist (born 1907)<ref name="grieb">Manfred H. Grieb: ''Liska, Hans''. In: ''Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Bildende Künstler, Kunsthandwerker, Gelehrte, Sammler, Kulturschaffende und Mäzene vom 12. bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Walter de Gruyter, 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-11-091296-8}}, p. 930 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=hoRcf4LFZUcC&dq=HANS+LISKA&pg=PA930 books.google.de] – preview).</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Elsa Lanchester]], English-American actress (born 1902) *[[1987]] – [[Dorothy Bliss]], American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (born 1916) *[[1988]] – [[Glenn McCarthy]], American businessman, founded the [[Shamrock Hotel]] (born 1907) * 1988 – [[Pablo Sorozábal]], German-Spanish composer and conductor (born 1897) *[[1989]] – [[Doug Harvey (ice hockey)|Doug Harvey]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1924) *[[1990]] – [[Gene Callahan (production designer)|Gene Callahan]], American art director and production designer (born 1923) *[[1994]] – [[Sylva Koscina]], Italian actress (born 1933) *[[1997]] – [[Cahit Arf]], Turkish mathematician and academic (born 1910) * 1997 – [[Cornelius Castoriadis]], Greek economist and philosopher (born 1922) *[[1998]] – [[Ram Swarup]], Indian writer on Hindu philosophy and religion (born 1920) *[[1999]] – [[Curtis Mayfield]], American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942) * 1999 – [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], Indian academic and politician, 9th [[President of India]] (born 1918) *[[2000]] – [[Jason Robards]], American actor (born 1922) *[[2001]] – [[Nigel Hawthorne]], English actor (born 1929) *[[2002]] – [[Herb Ritts]], American photographer and director (born 1952) * 2002 – [[Armand Zildjian]], American businessman, founded the [[Avedis Zildjian Company]] (born 1921) *[[2003]] – [[Virginia Coffey]], American civil rights activist (born 1904) *[[2004]] – [[Jonathan Drummond-Webb]], South African surgeon and academic (born 1959) * 2004 – [[Angus Ogilvy]], English businessman (born 1928) * 2004 – [[Reggie White]], American football player and wrestler (born 1961) *Casualties of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]]: ** [[Troy Broadbridge]], Australian footballer (born 1980) ** [[Sigurd Køhn]], Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1959) ** [[Mieszko Talarczyk]], Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1974) *[[2005]] – [[Muriel Costa-Greenspon]], American soprano (born 1937) * 2005 – [[Ted Ditchburn]], English footballer and manager (born 1921) * 2005 – [[Kerry Packer]], Australian publisher and businessman (born 1937) * 2005 – [[Viacheslav Platonov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1939) * 2005 – [[Vincent Schiavelli]], American actor (born 1948) * 2005 – [[Erich Topp]], German commander (born 1914) *[[2006]] – [[Gerald Ford]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th [[President of the United States]] (born 1913) * 2006 – [[Ivar Formo]], Norwegian skier and engineer (born 1951) * 2006 – [[Munir Niazi]], Pakistani poet (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-27 |title=Munir Niazi passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/225165/munir-niazi-passes-away |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Felix Wurman]], American cellist and composer (born 1958) *[[2010]] – [[Salvador Jorge Blanco]], 48th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1926) * 2010 – [[Edward Bhengu]], South African activist (born 1934) * 2010 – [[Teena Marie]], American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1956) *[[2011]] – [[Houston Antwine]], American football player (born 1939) * 2011 – [[Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.]], Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1940) * 2011 – [[Sarekoppa Bangarappa]], Indian politician, 15th [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]] (born 1932) * 2011 – [[Joe Bodolai]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1948) * 2011 – [[James Rizzi]], American painter and illustrator (born 1950) *[[2012]] – [[Gerry Anderson]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929) * 2012 – [[Gerald McDermott]], American author and illustrator (born 1941) * 2012 – [[Ibrahim Tannous]], Lebanese general (born 1929) *[[2013]] – [[Paul Blair (baseball)|Paul Blair]], American baseball player and coach (born 1944) * 2013 – [[Marta Eggerth]], Hungarian-American actress and singer (born 1912) *[[2014]] – [[Stanisław Barańczak]], Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (born 1946) * 2014 – [[James B. Edwards]], American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of Energy]] (born 1927) * 2014 – [[Leo Tindemans]], Belgian politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (born 1922) *[[2015]] – [[Sidney Mintz]], American anthropologist and academic (born 1922) * 2015 – [[Jim O'Toole]], American baseball player (born 1937) *[[2016]] – [[Ricky Harris]], American comedian, actor (born 1962) * 2016 – [[George S. Irving]], American actor, singer and dancer (born 1922) *[[2017]] – [[Irv Weinstein]], American broadcaster and television news anchor (born 1930) *[[2020]] – [[Brodie Lee]], American Professional Wrestler (born 1979) *[[2021]] – [[Giacomo Capuzzi]], Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi]] (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|title=È morto monsignor Giacomo Capuzzi, vescovo di Lodi dal 1989 al 2005. FU IL VESCOVO DEL PAPA A LODI|url=https://www.ilcittadino.it/stories/Cronaca/e-morto-monsignor-giacomo-capuzzi-vescovo-di-lodi-dal-1989-al-2005_73256_96/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=ilcittadino.it|date=26 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Paul B. Kidd]], Australian author, journalist, and radio show host (born 1945)<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-radio-legend-paul-b-kidd-dead-aged-76-2gb-weekends-232725315.html|title=Aussie radio 'legend' Paul B. Kidd dead aged 76: 'We'll miss you'|publisher=Yahoo News|last=Wolski|first=Gillian|date=27 December 2021|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Karolos Papoulias]], Greek politician, [[President of Greece]] from 2005 to 2015 (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Newsroom|date=2021-12-26|title=Πέθανε ο πρώην Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας Κάρολος Παπούλιας|url=https://www.cnn.gr/politiki/story/295035/pethane-o-proin-proedros-tis-dimokratias-karolos-papoylias|access-date=2021-12-26|publisher=CNN.gr|language=el}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Desmond Tutu]], South African Anglican bishop, theologian and anti-apartheid and human rights activist (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-26|title=Anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/26/archbishop-desmond-tutu-giant-in-fight-against-apartheid-south-africa-dies-at-90|access-date=2021-12-26|website=The Guardian}}</ref> * 2021 – [[E. O. Wilson|Edward O. Wilson]], American biologist (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=Carl |title=E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/science/eo-wilson-dead.html |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Lukas Enembe]], Indonesian politician, [[List of governors of Papua|Governor of Papua]] from 2013 to 2023 (born1967)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fajar Papua|date=2023-12-26|title=Breaking News: Lukas Enembe Meninggal di RSPAD Gatot Subroto, Besok Jenazah Diterbangkan ke Jayapura |url=https://fajarpapua.com/2023/12/26/breaking-news-lukas-enembe-meninggal-di-rspad-gatot-subroto-besok-jenazah-diterbangkan-ke-jayapura/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=fajarpapua.com|language=id}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Tom Smothers]], American comedian, actor, and activist (born 1937)<ref>{{cite web |last1=France |first1=Lisa |title=Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html |publisher=CNN|access-date=December 27, 2023|date=December 27, 2023}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Richard Parsons (businessman)|Richard Parsons]], American business executive (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=December 26, 2024 |title=Richard Parsons, Serial Fixer of Media and Finance Giants, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/business/media/richard-parsons-dead.html |access-date=December 26, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Manmohan Singh]], Indian economist and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of India]] (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news |title=Manmohan Singh, India's reluctant prime minister, dies aged 92 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/manmohan-singh-indias-reluctant-prime-minister-dies-aged-92-2024-12-26/ |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Reuters |date=26 December 2024}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Boxing Day]], except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to [[December 27]] by Royal Proclamation. ([[Commonwealth of Nations]]), and its related observances: **[[Day of Good Will]] ([[Public holidays in South Africa|South Africa]] and [[Public holidays in Namibia|Namibia]]) **[[Family Day (Vanuatu)]] **[[Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands)]] *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Abadiu of Antinoe]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]]) **Earliest day on which [[Holy Family|Feast of the Holy Family]] can fall, celebrated on Sunday after Christmas or 30 if Christmas falls on a Sunday.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} **[[James (brother of Jesus)|James the Just]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) **[[Saint Stephen]] ([[Latin Church|Western Church]]) **[[Synaxis|Synaxis of the Theotokos]] (Eastern Orthodox Church) **[[December 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia)]] *[[Mauro Hamza]] Day ([[Houston|Houston, Texas]]) *[[Mummer's Day]] ([[Padstow]], [[Cornwall]]) *[[Saint Stephen's Day]] (public holiday in [[Alsace]], Austria, [[Catalonia]], [[Croatia]], the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Luxembourg]], Poland, [[Slovakia]] and Switzerland), and its related observances: **[[Father's Day]] (Bulgaria) *The first day of [[Kwanzaa]], celebrated until January 1 (United States)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kwanzaa {{!}} History, Traditions, Dates, Symbols, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kwanzaa |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en |date=25 April 2025}}</ref> *The first day of [[Junkanoo]] street parade, the second day is on the [[New Year's Day]] ([[The Bahamas]]) *The second day of the [[Twelve Days of Christmas]] (Western Christianity) **Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in [[public holidays in the Netherlands|the Netherlands]], Poland and Slovakia) *[[Wren Day]] ([[Ireland]] and the [[Isle of Man]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/26 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=26}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/26 Historical Events on December 26] {{months}} [[Category:Days of December]]
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