What Happened On December 26

What Happened On Dec 26 Events

1772 Dec 26 "Lucio Silla" Is Performed for the First Time
Lucio Silla, K. 135, is an Italian opera in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra. It was first performed on 26 December 1772 ...
1776 Dec 26 Battle of Trenton
An outpost was set up by the Hessians at a cooper shop on Pennington Road about one mile north-west of Trenton. George Washington himself led the assault, riding in front of his soldiers....
1776 Dec 26 Washington Crosses the Delaware
Final preparation for the attack was begun on December 23. On December 24 Washington ordered that each man be provided with three days rations and that they keep their blankets handy. He ...
1837 Dec 26 Commodore George Dewey Is Born
This flowery tribute captures the sense of romance with which turn-of-the-century Americans regarded the naval hero of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey. In actuality, Dewe...
1861 Dec 26 Battle of Chustenahlah - Opothleyahola Flees to Kansas
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 wa...
1862 Dec 26
to 1862 Dec 29
 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called Walnut Hills,[2] fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Confederate fo...
1919 Dec 26 Babe Ruth is sold to the New York Yankees
On December 26, 1919, Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. Popular legend has it that Frazee sold Ruth and several other of his best players to finance a Broadway play, No, No, Nanet...
1941 Dec 26 Winston Churchill Addresses A Joint Meeting Of The United States Congress
The date was December 26, 1941. Outside the U.S. Capitol Building, platoons of soldiers and police stood at high alert. Shortly after noon, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill entere...
1946 Dec 26 "Great Expectations" Is Released
Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean and based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It stars John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, and Alec Guin...
1950 Dec 26 "Born Yesterday" Is Released
Born Yesterday is a 1950 film based on the play of the same name by Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was written by Albert Mannheimer with uncredited contribution...
1955 Dec 26 "Smiles Of A Summer Night" Is Released
Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was the first of Bergman's films to bring the director international ...
1957 Dec 26 Durmot Murnaghan Is Born
Dermot Murnaghan (born 26 December 1957) is a British journalist and television presenter. He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Egghead...
1962 Dec 26 "David And Lisa" Is Released
David and Lisa (1962) is a low-budget film directed by Frank Perry, often cited as one of his best works. Based on the novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin, the screenplay, written by Frank Perr...
1962 Dec 26 "Days Of Wine And Roses" Is Released
Days of Wine and Roses (1962) is a film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own critically acclaimed 1958 teleplay for Playhouse 90 of the same name ...
1966 Dec 26
to 1967 Jan 1
 The First Kwanzaa Is Celebrated
Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States honoring universal African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder). It is observed from ...
1973 Dec 26 "The Exorcist" Is Released
The Exorcist is a 1973 U.S. horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty, dealing with the demonic possession of a young ...
1989 Dec 26 MST3K Ep. 106 - "The Crawling Hand"
An astronaut's capsule crashes in the ocean and his severed hand (controlled by an unknown alien force) washes up on a beach, where it's found by a moody teen. Soon both are on respective...
1992 Dec 26 MST3K Ep. 420 - "The Human Duplicators"
A tall alien (Richard Kiel, Bond villain "Jaws") takes over a professor's mansion-basement laboratory to make human clones to infiltrate the government. Includes Hugh Beaumont (TV's Leave...
2003 Dec 26 Bam Earthquake of 2003
Tragedy hit Iran on 26 December 2003 when a major earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale hit its south-eastern province of Kerman at 05:28 (local time). The area most affected wa...
2004 Dec 26 Indian Ocean Earthquake of 2004
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The ...
2004 Dec 26 New England Patriots defeat New York Giants, 23-7
Chad Pennington learned an important lesson yesterday in the wind and the cold at Giants Stadium. He learned that if you're going to give the Gettysburg Address, don't go out six days lat...
2005 Dec 26 New England Patriots defeat New York Jets, 31-21
In the absence of real competition, amusing little subplots are what make evenings like this tolerable, or even fun. Who didn't expect the outcome we had? It was Patriots 31, Jets 21, ...
2006 Dec 26 Gerald Ford Dies
Ford died on December 26, 2006 at his home in Rancho Mirage, California of arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis. His age at the time of his death was 93 y...
2007 Dec 26 Boston Celtics defeat Sacramento Kings, 89-69
SACRAMENTO - The Celtics finally were able to crown the Kings last night in California's capital city. more stories like this Boston snapped an 11-game losing streak here with an ugly...
2008 Dec 26 Golden State Warriors defeat Boston Celtics, 99-89
OAKLAND, Calif. - The morning after the Celtics' franchise-best 19-game winning streak came to an end against the rival Lakers, coach Doc Rivers simply told his team to get over it by sta...
2009 Dec 26 Minnesota Timberwolves defeat Washington Wizards, 101-89
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Timberwolves of the future took advantage of some Timberwolves of the past to reach a high point in the present. Corey Brewer scored 23 of his career-high 2...
2009 Dec 26 Minnesota Wild defeat St. Louis Blues, 4-3
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Guillaume Latendresse just needed a change of scenery. Latendresse scored twice to help the Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Saturday night for their se...
2009 Dec 26 New York Islanders defeat New York Rangers, 3-2
The fine line Sean Avery walks each game was plain to see on Saturday night at the Garden. If he is your team's energy source and doing the dirty work that others aren't, how much can you...
2009 Dec 26 Passengers on Delta Airlines Jet Overwhelm Man Attempting Terrorist Act
A Nigerian man tried to light a powder aboard a commercial jetliner before it landed Friday in Detroit in what senior U.S. officials called an attempted act of terrorism. Flight 253 wi...
2009 Dec 26 San Antonio Spurs defeat Milwaukee Bucks, 112-97
To say that coach Scott Skiles and the Milwaukee Bucks are at a loss for answers these days would be a major understatement. The defenseless Bucks were never in this one as the San Ant...
2010 Dec 26 Geraldine Doyle Dies
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration behind the now-iconic Rose the Riveter WWII poster, has died at age 86 in Michigan. The poster of a young woman in a factory uniform and red polka...
2010 Dec 26 Teena Marie Dies
R&B singer Teena Marie, best known for her 1980s hits "Lovergirl," "Ooo La La La" and "Lead Me On," died in her sleep last night of unknown causes in her Los Angeles home. She was 54. ...