What Happened on 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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,... Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

New England Patriots defeat New York Giants, 23-7

When one watches Adam Vinatieri kick in bad weather conditions, it's understandable that the Patriots and Vinatieri are on track toward getting a... Read more

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... Read more

Gerald Ford Dies

Ford died on December 26, 2006 at his home in Rancho Mirage, California of arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more