December 26 historical events
795 — Election of Pope Leo III
Pope Leo III (Latin: Leo III; died 12 June 816) was bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death on 12 June 816. Protected by Charlemagne from the supporters of his predecessor, Adrian I, Leo subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position by crowning him emperor. The coronation was not approved by most people in Constantinople, although the Byzantines, occupied with their own defenses, were in no position to offer much opposition.
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1481 — Battle of Westbroek
The Battle of Westbroek was a battle that occurred on December 26, 1481 between the armies of the prince-bishopric of Utrecht and the county of Holland. It was one of the last battles of the Hook and Cod wars. That war had already been decided in Holland in favour of the Cods and their Burgundian allies. But in Utrecht, they had lost the power, when Bishop David of Burgundy, who had ruled Utrecht since 1456, was chased there after the outbreak of the Second Utrecht Civil War. On December 26, 1481, David sent an army of 4-5000 men from Holland in the direction of Utrecht.
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1555 — Russian forces depart Novgorod for the Vyborg campaign
On December 26, 1555, Russian forces set out from Novgorod on a campaign toward Vyborg during the Russo-Swedish War. The expedition continued into the winter of 1556. It involved raids intended to damage Swedish forces and compel a truce, rather than an attempt to occupy Vyborg permanently. Sources differ over when the army crossed the Swedish border in January.
December 26 marks the departure from Novgorod, not the later border crossing or fighting near Vyborg.
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1559 — The election of Pope Pius IV is completed
Giovanni Angelo Medici became Pope Pius IV after the conclave concluded on 26 December 1559. His coronation followed in January 1560.
This follows the 26 December election-completion date; the earlier Christmas-night selection is a separate procedural stage.
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1606 — The earliest recorded performance of King Lear takes place at Whitehall
Shakespeare’s King Lear was performed at Whitehall before King James I on St Stephen’s Day. The Stationers’ Register preserves the earliest known record of a performance.
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1643 — Second Battle of Middlewich
The Second Battle of Middlewich took place on 26 December 1643 near Middlewich in Cheshire during the First English Civil War. A Royalist force under Lord Byron defeated a Parliamentarian army commanded by Sir William Brereton.
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1647 — Battle of Balasore
The Battle of Balasore (Danish: Slaget ved Balasore) was an engagement between Bengali and English ships against Danish ships at Balasore. When the English failed to persuade the Danes, the Bengalis started attacking the English vessel, yet the English were rescued by the Dutch.
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1672 — Siege of Charleroi (1672)
The siege of Charleroi was a military operation launched by William III of Orange against the city of Charleroi which was under French control. The siege failed and William was forced to retreat.
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1709 — The opera Agrippina, described as George Frideric Handel's first masterpiece, premiered in Venice
Agrippina (HWV 6) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. Composed for the 1709–10 Venice Carnevale season, the opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman emperor Claudius and the installation of her son as emperor.
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1723 — Bach led the first performance of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40, his first Christmas Cantata composed for Leipzig
Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (For this the Son of God appeared), BWV 40, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1723, his first year in Leipzig, for the Second Day of Christmas, and first performed it on 26 December that year in both main churches, Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche. It was the first Christmas cantata Bach composed for Leipzig.
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1776 — Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. The Continental Army had previously suffered several defeats in New York and had been forced to retreat through New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
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1793 — Second Battle of Wissembourg
The Second Battle of Wissembourg from 26 December 1793 to 29 December 1793 saw an army of the First French Republic under General Lazare Hoche fight a series of clashes against an army of Austrians, Prussians, Bavarians, and Hessians led by two generals, namely, the Austrian Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser and the Prussian Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. There were significant actions at Wœrth on 22 December and Geisberg on 26 and 27 December. In the end, the French forced their opponents to withdraw to the east bank of the Rhine River.
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1800 — Battle of Pozzolo
The Battle of Pozzolo also known as the Battle of the Mincio River and Monzambano (25–26 December 1800) was fought during the War of the Second Coalition. A French army under General Guillaume Brune crossed the Mincio River and defeated an Austrian force under General Heinrich von Bellegarde. The Austrians were subsequently pushed back to Treviso where the Armistice of Treviso was signed.
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1805 — Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg
The Peace of Pressburg was signed in Pressburg (today Bratislava) on 26 December 1805 between French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, as a consequence of the French victory over the Russians and Austrians at the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December). A truce was agreed on 4 December, and negotiations for the treaty began.
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1806 — Battle of Pułtusk
The Battle of Pułtusk took place on 26 December 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition near Pułtusk, Poland. Approximately 40,000 Russian soldiers with 128 guns under General Levin August, Count von Bennigsen resisted the attacks of 25,000 First French Empire soldiers under Marshal Jean Lannes. Although the attacks were repulsed and the French were driven back to their positions, the Russians safely withdrew the day after this Napoleonic Wars action to prevent being surrounded by the entire French army, which is why some historians view the battle as indecisive.
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1806 — Battle of Golymin
The Battle of Golymin took place on 26 December 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars at Gołymin, Poland, between around 17,000 Russian soldiers with 28 guns under Prince Golitsyn and 38,000 French soldiers under Marshal Murat. The Russian forces disengaged successfully from the superior French forces. The battle took place on the same day as the Battle of Pułtusk.
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1811 — Richmond Theatre fire
The Richmond Theatre fire occurred in Richmond, Virginia, United States, on Thursday, December 26, 1811. It devastated the Richmond Theatre, located on the north side of Broad Street between what is now Twelfth and College Streets. The fire killed 72 people, including Virginia's governor George William Smith, former U.S. senator Abraham B. Venable, and other government officials in what was the worst urban disaster in U.S. history at the time. The Monumental Church was erected on the site as a memorial to the fire.
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1835 — Liverpool Town Council election, 1835
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 26 December 1835. This was the first election to Liverpool Town Council. It was conducted under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the Council, all three seats for each of the sixteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year.
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1858 — Battle of San Joaquín
The Battle of San Joaquín took place on December 26, 1858 in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc in the state of Colima, Mexico, between elements of the liberal army, under General Santos Degollado and elements of the preservative army commanded by General Miguel Miramon during the War of Reform.
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1860 — Hallam and Sheffield play their first football match
Hallam and Sheffield met at Sandygate Road on Boxing Day. The match is regarded as one of the earliest games between separate football clubs.
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1861 — Battle of Chustenahlah
The Battle of Chustenahlah was fought in Osage County, Oklahoma, (then Indian Territory) on December 26, 1861, during the American Civil War. A band of 9,000 pro-Union Native Americans was forced to flee to Kansas in bitter cold and snow in what became known as the Trail of Blood on Ice.
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1862 — Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called the Battle of Walnut Hills, fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton repulsed an advance by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman that was intended to lead to the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On December 26, three Union divisions under Sherman disembarked at Johnson's Plantation on the Yazoo River to approach the Vicksburg defenses from the northeast while a fourth landed farther upstream on December 27.
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1862 — 1862 Mankato mass execution
Following the Dakota War of 1862, the U.S. government executed 38 Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, in the largest mass execution in American history. In the course of the conflict, 358 American settlers, 77 soldiers, and 36 militia had been killed. A military commission assembled in the aftermath carried out rushed trials of the Dakota men, some lasting only minutes, and ultimately sentencing 307 to death.
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1866 — Battle of Owyhee River
The Battle of Owyhee River took place during the Snake War in 1866 in response to Paiute attacks along the Owyhee River earlier that year.
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1870 — Siege of Péronne
The siege of Peronne was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War, from December 26, 1870 until January 9, 1871, in Péronne, Somme of France. The German siege force, under the command of Lieutenant Generals August von Goeben and Albert von Barnekow, forced the French army at Péronne- which could not be rescued and had to surrender after more than a week under the bombardment of the Prussian army.
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1871 — Thespis premieres at London’s Gaiety Theatre
Thespis, a comic opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London on 26 December 1871.
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1872 — China Merchants is founded in Shanghai
China Merchants was founded in Shanghai on 26 December 1872, according to the company’s institutional history. Originating as a steam-navigation enterprise, it became an important part of late-Qing industrial and commercial development.
Foundation date follows the company’s retained yearbook (26 December); the different December date in the linked encyclopedia is not used as the occurrence evidence.
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1883 — The Harbour Grace Affray
The Harbour Grace Affray was an armed conflict of religious violence that happened on Saint Stephen's Day, 1883 in the town of Harbour Grace, Colony of Newfoundland, between members of the Loyal Orange Association and the Roman Catholics.
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1898 — The discovery of radium is announced
Pierre and Marie Curie and Gustave Bémont reported evidence of a new radioactive element, named radium, to the French Academy of Sciences on 26 December 1898.
This records the announcement of the new element, not the isolation of pure radium metal.
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1915 — Battle for Lake Tanganyika
The Battle for Lake Tanganyika was a series of naval engagements that took place between elements of the Royal Navy, Force Publique and the Kaiserliche Marine between December 1915 and July 1916, during the First World War. The intention was to secure control of the strategically important Lake Tanganyika, which had been dominated by German naval units since the beginning of the war. The British forces – consisting of two motor boats named HMS Mimi and Toutou – were under the command of the eccentric Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. The boats were transported to South Africa and from there by railway, by river, and by being dragged through the African jungle, to the lake. In two short engagements, the small motor boats attacked and defeated two of their German opponents. In the first action, on 26 December 1915 Kingani was damaged and captured, becoming HMS Fifi.
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1915 — Second Saudi–Rashidi War
The Second Saudi-Rashidi War was fought between the British-aligned Emirate of Nejd and Hasa and the Ottoman-allied Emirate of Jabal Shammar.
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1917 — Air Battle on Istrana
The Air Battle on Istrana was an air battle that took place in the sky over the town of Istrana on 26 December 1917, as part of the First World War. It was the most important air battle on the Italian front.
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1926 — Sibelius’s Tapiola premieres in New York
Walter Damrosch conducted the first performance of Jean Sibelius’s orchestral tone poem Tapiola in New York.
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1932 — Battle of El Sauce
On December 26, 1932, U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan National Guardsmen led by Captain Lewis Puller fought Sandinista rebels near El Sauce, Nicaragua. The Marines and guardsmen won the battle.
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1941 — Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
The Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, which commenced with the Soviet Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation (Russian: Керченско-Феодосийская десантная операция, romanized: Kerchensko-Feodosiyskaya desantnaya operatsiya) and ended with the German Operation Bustard Hunt (German: Unternehmen Trappenjagd), was a World War II battle between Erich von Manstein's German and Romanian 11th Army and the Soviet Crimean Front forces in the Kerch Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula. It began on 26 December 1941, with an amphibious landing operation by two Soviet armies intended to break the Siege of Sevastopol.
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1941 — Winston Churchill's address to the United States Congress (1941)
Winston Churchill's first address to the 77th United States Congress was a 30-minute World War II-era radio-broadcast speech made in the chamber of the United States Senate on December 26, 1941. The prime minister of the United Kingdom addressed a joint meeting of the bicameral legislature of the United States about the state of the UK–U.S. alliance and their prospects for defeating the Axis powers.
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1943 — Battle of the North Cape
The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle on 26 December 1943, part of the Arctic campaign. The German battleship Scharnhorst sailed to implement Operation Ostfront, an attack on Arctic convoys carrying supplies from the western Allies to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst was brought to battle and sunk by the battleship HMS Duke of York and its cruisers and destroyers.
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1943 — Battle of Cape Gloucester
The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South West Pacific Area and Pacific Ocean Areas during 1943–1944.
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1943 — Landing on Long Island
The Landing on Long Island in the Territory of New Guinea was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign, a series of operations that made up Operation Cartwheel, General Douglas MacArthur's campaign to encircle the major Japanese base at Rabaul. Located at the northern end of the Vitiaz Strait, Long Island was an important staging point for Japanese barges moving between Rabaul and Wewak until 26 December 1943, when a force of 220 Australian and American soldiers landed on the island.
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1944 — U.S. forces break the encirclement of Bastogne
On 26 December 1944, the U.S. 4th Armored Division linked up with Bastogne’s defenders, opening a corridor and lifting the siege. Fighting in the Bastogne sector continued afterward.
This is the end of the siege/encirclement, not the end of fighting in the Bastogne sector or of the Battle of the Bulge.
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1944 — Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads
The Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads was fought, beginning one day prior to the start of the Battle of the Bulge, at a vital three-way junction near a forester's cabin and former border post named Wahlerscheid, astride the Siegfried Line (Westwall). The road ran along the Höfen-Alzen and Dreiborn ridges, about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north of Krinkelt-Rocherath, Belgium.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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1944 — A German assault on Elsenborn Ridge is repelled
On 26 December 1944, the German 246th Volksgrenadier Division attacked U.S. 99th Infantry Division units on Elsenborn Ridge in Belgium. U.S. artillery repelled the attack.
Fighting in the wider Ardennes sector continued after this attack.
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1946 — The Flamingo casino opens near Las Vegas
On December 26, 1946, the Flamingo's casino opened on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort project had originally been proposed by Billy Wilkerson, founder of The Hollywood Reporter, before Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel took over its development. The casino opening preceded the opening of the resort's hotel on March 1, 1947.
This entry records the casino opening; the hotel opened later.
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1963 — Battle of Omorphita
The Battle of Omorphita was an armed engagement between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot militias in December 1963 in the Cypriot town of Omorphita, part of the crisis of 1963.
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1967 — Operation Badger Tooth
Operation Badger Tooth was a search and destroy mission in the Street Without Joy area of Quảng Trị Province carried out by the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Launched on 26 December 1967 the operation ended on 2 January 1968. The Marines reported the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) lost 131+ killed, while US casualties were 48 killed.
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1968 — Pan Am Flight 799
Pan Am Flight 799 was an international cargo flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cam Ranh Airport in South Vietnam that crashed on December 26, 1968, near Anchorage, Alaska. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 aircraft operated by Pan American World Airways. All three crew members died in the crash.
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1968 — The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP; Filipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas) is a far-left, Marxist–Leninist–Maoist revolutionary organization and communist party in the Philippines, formed by Jose Maria Sison on 26 December 1968 following a split in the original Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. The CPP has been fighting a protracted people's war against the state since its establishment.
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1971 — 1972 Australian Open
The 1972 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1971 to 3 January 1972. It was the 60th edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam of the year.
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1972 — 1973 Australian Open
The 1973 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1972 to 1 January 1973. It was the 61st edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
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1973 — 1974 Australian Open
The 1974 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1973 to 1 January 1974. It was the 62nd edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
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1975 — 1976 Australian Open
The 1976 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1975 to 4 January 1976. It was the 64th edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Mark Edmondson and Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
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1975 — Aeroflot begins Tu-144 mail and freight service
Aeroflot introduced its supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 on a route between Moscow and Alma-Ata, now Almaty, carrying mail and freight. Passenger service began in 1977.
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1975 — Qin bamboo texts are unearthed at Shuihudi
Excavators in Yunmeng County, Hubei, recovered bamboo slips from a Qin-era tomb at Shuihudi. The surviving texts include legal statutes and administrative documents that help explain how the Qin state was governed.
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1976 — 1976 Marlboro NSW Open
The 1976 New South Wales Open, also known by its sponsored name Marlboro New South Wales Open, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia. The men's was part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the 84th edition of the event and was held from 26 December 1976 through 1 January 1977. The singles titles were won by Kerry Reid and 33-year-old Tony Roche. It was Roche's fourth singles title after 1967, 1969 and 1974. Roche won AUS$13,500 first-prize money while Reid's title was rewarded with AUS$5,000 prize money.
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1978 — The inaugural Paris–Dakar Rally sets out
Competitors started the first Paris–Dakar Rally in Paris. The route continued across North and West Africa to Dakar, Senegal.
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1988 — Starrcade '88: True Gritt
Starrcade '88: True Gritt was the sixth annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It was the first Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and took place on December 26, 1988, from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. Shortly before the event, Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and the company became WCW.
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1989 — United Express Flight 2415
United Express Flight 2415 was a regularly scheduled flight in the northwest United States from Seattle to Pasco, Washington, operated using a BAe Jetstream 31. Late on Tuesday, December 26, 1989, Flight 2415 crashed while attempting to land at Pasco's Tri-Cities Airport, killing both pilots and all four passengers aboard.
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1989 — 1990 Hopman Cup
The 1990 Hopman Cup was the second edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 26 December 1989 through 1 January 1990. Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the top four seeded teams (United States, Spain, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union) each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals.
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1991 — The Soviet Union is formally dissolved
On December 26, 1991, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved. This followed the Belovezha Accords earlier in December and Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation on December 25. The former union republics continued as separate states.
December 26 is the formal dissolution date, distinct from earlier agreements and Gorbachev’s resignation.
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1993 — Kuban Airlines Flight 5719
On 26 December 1993, Kuban Airlines Flight 5719, a scheduled international flight flying from Krasnodar International Airport, Russia, to Gyumri Shirak International Airport, Armenia, stalled and subsequently crashed whilst attempting a go-around on approach to the airport. Out of the 36 occupants on board, 35 were killed. The sole survivor was injured.
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1993 — Chuvashia holds its presidential runoff in 1993
On December 26, 1993, the Chuvash Republic in Russia held the second round of its presidential election, following the first round on December 12. Former Russian justice minister Nikolay Fyodorov defeated Lev Kurakov and was elected president of the republic. He was sworn in on January 21, 1994.
This entry records the Chuvash runoff, not elections in every Russian region on one day.
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1993 — Holiday Hell
In professional wrestling, Holiday Hell was a supercard produced by the promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Themed around the Christmas and holiday season, it was staged in December from 1993 to 1996, and again in 2000.
Holiday Hell: The Body Count took place on December 26, 1993, in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
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1994 — French forces storm Air France Flight 8969 in Marseille
French GIGN forces stormed the hijacked Air France Flight 8969 at Marseille Provence Airport on 26 December 1994, ending the hijacking. The aircraft had been seized in Algiers two days earlier.
This records the assault in Marseille, not the hijacking’s start in Algiers on 24 December.
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1999 — Orenburg and Tambov hold gubernatorial runoffs in 1999
On December 26, 1999, Russia's Orenburg and Tambov regions held second-round gubernatorial elections after first-round voting on December 19. Alexey Chernyshyov won in Orenburg, defeating incumbent Vladimir Yelagin. Oleg Betin won in Tambov, defeating incumbent Aleksandr Ryabov.
This entry concerns these two regional runoffs; other Russian regional elections were held on different dates.
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2003 — 2003 Bam earthquake
An earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC (5:26 am Iran Standard Time) on December 26, 2003. The Mw 6.6 (Ms 6.8–7.0) strike-slip shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The earthquake was particularly destructive in Bam and Baravat, with 34,000 fatalities and 200,000 injuries officially reported. It was the deadliest natural disaster globally since the 1999 Vargas tragedy.
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2004 — Ukrainian presidential election, 2004
The Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 was held on October 31, November 21 and December 26, 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union. The last stages of the election were contested between the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and the incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych from the Party of Regions. The election was held in a highly charged political atmosphere, with allegations of media bias, voter intimidation and a poisoning of candidate Yushchenko with dioxin. According to Ukraine's electoral law, a two-round system is used to elect the President in which a candidate must win a majority (50% or more) of all ballots cast.
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2004 — 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a Mw 9.2–9.3 earthquake struck with its epicenter off the west coast of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, was caused by a rupture along the fault boundary between the Burma plate and the Indian plate, and reached a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX in some areas.
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2006 — Islamic Courts Union forces withdraw as the Battle of Baidoa ends
On December 26, 2006, Islamic Courts Union forces were reported to have withdrawn from Burhakaba and Dinsoor after days of fighting against Somali transitional government forces and their Ethiopian allies. They left heavy weapons and other equipment behind, while Ethiopian troops entered the vacated towns. The fighting around Baidoa had begun on December 20.
December 26 is the closing date of the battle, not its opening day.
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2006 — 2006 Hengchun earthquakes
The 2006 Hengchun earthquakes occurred on December 26 at 20:26 and 20:34 local time off the southwest coast of Taiwan in the Luzon Strait, which connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea. The International Seismological Centre measured the shocks at 7.0 and 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquakes not only caused casualties and building damage, but several submarine communications cables were cut, disrupting telecommunication services in various parts of Asia.
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2008 — Operation Red Dagger
Operation Sond Chara (Red Dagger in Pashto) was a campaign in the War in Afghanistan with aims and objectives centred on four Taliban strongholds near the town of Nad-e-Ali in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The operation was named after the commando patch worn by members of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.
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2009 — The Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway opens
Passenger service began on the high-speed railway between Wuhan and Guangzhou. The new route reduced the journey from roughly eleven hours to about three.
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2011 — 2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
The 2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt was a failed coup d'état by a group of renegade soldiers. Taking place on the morning of December 26, 2011, fighting broke out between two factions in the armed forces with sounds of automatic weapons and rocket fire erupting in the Santa Luzia army base which alarmed residents in the country's capital of Bissau.
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2011 — High-speed rail service begins between Guangzhou and Shenzhen
Trains began running between Guangzhou South and Shenzhen North on the mainland section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
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2012 — Beijing–Shijiazhuang high-speed railway () is a 281-kilometre high-speed rail line operated by China Railway High-speed between Beijing and Shijiazhuang (the provincial capital of Hebei) that opened on 26 December 2012 after 4 years of construction
Beijing–Shijiazhuang high-speed railway (simplified Chinese: 京石客运专线; traditional Chinese: 京石客運專線; pinyin: Jīng-Shí Kèyùn Zhuān Xiàn) is a 281-kilometre high-speed rail line operated by China Railway High-speed between Beijing and Shijiazhuang (the provincial capital of Hebei) that opened on 26 December 2012 after 4 years of construction. The total investment is 43.87 billion yuan. The design speed is 350 km/h (220 mph), and the opening cut travel times between Beijing and Shijiazhuang from 2 hours to about 1 hour.
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2012 — The full Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway opens
Trains departed from Beijing and Guangzhou to mark the opening of the complete 2,298-kilometre high-speed route. Travel between the two cities fell from more than 20 hours to about eight.
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2013 — 2013 Irkut-Avia An-12 crash
On 26 December 2013, an Irkut-Avia Antonov An-12 operating a domestic cargo flight in Russia from Yeltsovka Airport, Novosibirsk, crashed on approach to its destination, Irkutsk Northwest Airport, Irkutsk. All nine people on board, six crew members and three passengers, were killed in the accident. The accident has been found to have been caused mainly by pilot error, even though later inquiries suggested that a failure of the engine number two might have been the main factor that led to the crash.
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2013 — Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (2013–2014)
The Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak was fought between the end of December 2013 and the start of January 2014 over control of the town of Tell Hamis and the village of Tell Brak in the al-Hasakah Governorate of northeast Syria during the Syrian Civil War.
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2014 — Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir
Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir, India, it includes security operations such as Operation Rakshak, which began in 1990, Operation Sarp Vinash in 2003 and Operation Randori Behak in 2020. Other operations include humanitarian missions such as Operation Megh Rahat and operations with a social aim such as Operation Goodwill and Operation Calm Down.
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2015 — 2015 Garland tornado
On the night of December 26, 2015, a violent EF4 tornado struck the Dallas suburbs of Sunnyvale, Garland, and Rowlett, located in Texas. It caused $20–26 million (2015 USD) in damages, killed 10 people, making it the deadliest tornado in the United States in 2015, and injured 468 others. This was the third tornado to be rated an EF4 in the United States that year and the fourth such tornado worldwide.
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2015 — 2015 Thai FA Cup final
The 2015 Thai FA Cup final was the final match of the 2015 Thai FA Cup, the 22nd season of a Thailand's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was played at the Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 26 December 2015, between SCG Muangthong United a big team from the metropolitan region and Buriram United a big team from the northeastern region of Thailand.
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2015 — The Chengdu–Chongqing high-speed railway opens
High-speed service began between Chengdu East and Chongqing North. The new line cut the train journey between the two cities to about an hour and a half.
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2016 — The line was opened to traffic on 26 December 2016
Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway or Changzhutan intercity railway (Chinese: 长株潭城际铁路; pinyin: Cháng–Zhū–Tán chéngjì tiělù), is a higher-speed regional railway in Hunan, China. It connects the provincial capital Changsha with Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. The line was opened to traffic on 26 December 2016. A northwestern extension to Changsha West railway station opened on 26 December 2017.
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2017 — The line was opened on 26 December 2017
The Line 2 of Hefei Metro (Chinese: 合肥轨道交通二号线; pinyin: Héféi Guǐdào Jiāotōng Èr Hào Xiàn) is an underground metro line in Hefei. The line was opened on 26 December 2017.
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2019 — 2019 Likud leadership election
A leadership election was held by the Likud party on 26 December 2019. Incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu defeated Gideon Sa'ar by a large majority.
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2021 — 2021 Garland shooting
On December 26, 2021, a mass shooting took place at a Texaco convenience store in Garland, Texas, United States. Three teenage boys were killed and another was seriously injured before the alleged perpetrator, 14-year-old Abel Acosta, fled the scene. As of 2026, Abel is wanted for the shooting and believed to be hiding in Mexico.
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2024 — 2024 Albanian Supercup
The 2024 Albanian Supercup was the 31th edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the trophy winners of the previous season's Kategoria Superiore champions and the winners of the Albanian Cup. Since Egnatia won both competitions, they will play against the runner-up of the cup. The match was contested by Egnatia, champions of the 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore, and Kukësi, the 2023–24 Albanian Cup runner-up.
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2025 — Israel recognises Somaliland as an independent state, becoming the first country to do so
On 26 December 2025, the State of Israel became the first country and UN member state to officially recognise the Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign and independent state. Somaliland regards itself as the legal successor of the State of Somaliland, whose five-day independence in 1960 was also recognised by Israel and 34 other countries. The entirety of modern Somaliland's territory is claimed but not controlled by Somalia, which does not officially recognise Israel.
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