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What happend on 26. December in History
In our data base we found 319 events happened on 26. December:
• 268: Pope Dionysius [category: Deaths]
• 418: Pope Zosimus [category: Deaths]
• 1135: Coronation of King Stephen of England. [category: Events]
• 1194: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250) [category: Births]
• 1350: Jean de Marigny, French bishop [category: Deaths]
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• 1458: Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) [category: Deaths]
• 1476: Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (b. 1444) [category: Deaths]
• 1481: Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. [category: Events]
• 1530: Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483) [category: Deaths]
• 1532: Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar (d. 1576) [category: Births]
• 1536: Yi I, Korean scholar (d. 1584) [category: Births]
• 1574: Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1524) [category: Deaths]
• 1624: Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573) [category: Deaths]
• 1646: Robert Bolling, English-American merchant (d. 1709) [category: Births]
• 1687: Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755) [category: Births]
• 1716: Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French military officer and poet (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1716: Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1723: Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German author (d. 1807) [category: Births]
• 1731: Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672) [category: Deaths]
• 1737: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815) [category: Births]
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• 1751: Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian missionary, priest, and saint (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1771: Julie Clary, French wife of Joseph Bonaparte (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1771: Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian mercenaries. [category: Events]
• 1780: Mary Somerville, Scottish polymath and author (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1780: John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Philaret Drozdov, Russian bishop (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1784: Seth Warner, American soldier (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1791: Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1793: Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria. [category: Events]
• 1793: The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place. [category: Events]
• 1799: Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee III declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." [category: Events]
• 1805: Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg. [category: Events]
• 1806: Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon. [category: Events]
• 1811: A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable. [category: Events]
• 1819: E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1820: Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1825: Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg. [category: Events]
• 1837: George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1837: Morgan Bulkeley, American politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1846: Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism. [category: Events]
• 1853: René Bazin, French author (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1859: William Stephens, American politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1860: The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1861: American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins. [category: Events]
• 1862: Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship. [category: Events]
• 1862: The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die. [category: Events]
• 1863: Charles Pathé, French film and record producer, co-founded Pathé and Pathé Records (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1867: Phan Boi Chau, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1869: Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. [category: Events]
• 1871: Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years. [category: Events]
• 1872: Norman Angell, English journalist, author, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1873: Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1883: Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1883: The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland. [category: Events]
• 1887: Arthur Percival, English army officer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1888: Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1890: Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1890: Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1893: Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1894: Jean Toomer, American author and poet (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium. [category: Events]
• 1899: Udham Singh, Indian activist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1900: A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace. [category: Events]
• 1902: Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1903: Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1904: Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban author (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1905: William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1906: Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1907: Albert Gore, Sr., American politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1909: Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1913: Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1914: Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1914: Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Georgios Rallis, Greek politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1919: Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee. [category: Events]
• 1921: Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, and singer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1922: Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Frank Broyles, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1925: Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar. [category: Events]
• 1926: Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1926: Gina Pellón, Cuban-French painter [category: Births]
• 1927: Alan King, American comedian and actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1927: Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1927: Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Stu Miller, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1929: Régine Zylberberg, French singer [category: Births]
• 1930: Donald Moffat, English actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Ugly Dave Gray, English-Australian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Henry Watson Fowler, English educator and lexicographer (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (Four Tops) [category: Births]
• 1935: Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1937: Jay Heimowitz, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1937: John Horton Conway, English-American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1938: Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1938: Bahram Bayzai, Iranian director, scriptwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1939: Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1939: Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Teddy Bears) [category: Births]
• 1940: Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Ray Sadecki, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1941: Daniel Schmid, Swiss director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1941: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1942: Catherine Coulter, American author [category: Births]
• 1942: Gray Davis, American politician, 37th Governor of California [category: Births]
• 1942: Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jane Lapotaire, English actress [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1945: John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted [category: Births]
• 1946: Alan Frumin, American politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Carlton Fisk, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: James T. Conway, American general [category: Births]
• 1947: Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter and musician (The Plastic People of the Universe) [category: Births]
• 1947: Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic [category: Births]
• 1948: Candy Crowley, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy. [category: Events]
• 1949: Bob Hartman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Petra) [category: Births]
• 1949: José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1949: Mikhail Boyarsky, Russian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan [category: Births]
• 1951: John Scofield, American guitarist and composer (Trio Beyond) [category: Births]
• 1951: Richard Skinner, English television and radio host [category: Births]
• 1953: Henning Schmitz, German drummer (Kraftwerk) [category: Births]
• 1953: Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic [category: Births]
• 1953: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia [category: Births]
• 1954: Ozzie Smith, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1954: Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1954: Steve Steen, English actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Tony Rosato, Italian-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Evan Bayh, American politician, 46th Governor of Indiana [category: Births]
• 1956: David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host [category: Births]
• 1957: Dermot Murnaghan, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Mike South, American porn actor and director [category: Births]
• 1958: Adrian Newey, English engineer [category: Births]
• 1959: Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director [category: Births]
• 1959: Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer [category: Births]
• 1960: Christian Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Jim Toomey, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1960: Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Tina Wesson, American reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback [category: Births]
• 1960: Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1961: John Lynch, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Metallica) [category: Births]
• 1963: George Wagner, American wrestler (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Elizabeth Kostova, American author [category: Births]
• 1966: Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, and Gob Iron) [category: Births]
• 1966: Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer (White Zombie) [category: Births]
• 1966: Sandra Taylor, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Tim Legler, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Herbert Otto Gille, German SS officer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. [category: Events]
• 1968: Dennis Knight, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1968: Tricia Leigh Fisher, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1970: James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Shins and Broken Bells) [category: Births]
• 1970: Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Thai actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Jared Leto, American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and director (30 Seconds to Mars) [category: Births]
• 1971: Jonathan M. Parisen, American director [category: Births]
• 1971: Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist [category: Births]
• 1972: Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Robert Muchamore, English author [category: Births]
• 1972: Shane Meadows, English director, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Harry S. Truman, American army officer and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American 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. [category: Events]
• 1973: Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1973: Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Reichen Lehmkuhl, American model and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Zach Blair, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hagfish, Gwar, Rise Against, and Only Crime) [category: Births]
• 1973: Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Joshua John Miller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Tiffany Brissette, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish navy officer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Jack Benny, American comedian and actor (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Lea De Mae, Czech porn actress and model (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1976: Nadia Litz, Canadian actress and director [category: Births]
• 1976: Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is founded. [category: Events]
• 1977: Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Sofia Bekatorou, Greek sailor [category: Births]
• 1977: Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Daughtry) [category: Births]
• 1979: Craig Wing, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper [category: Births]
• 1979: Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Todd Dunivant, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1980: Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Pablo Canavosio, Argentine-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Savitri, Indian actress, director, and producer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1982: Kenneth Darby, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Shun Oguri, Japanese actor and model [category: Births]
• 1982: Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer. [category: Events]
• 1983: Violet Carson, English actress (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker [category: Births]
• 1984: Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Sheila Andrews, American country music singer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Beth Behrs, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Yu Shirota, Japanese-Spanish actor and singer (D-Boys) [category: Births]
• 1985: Harold P. Warren, American director (d. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Margarete Schön, German actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Hugo Lloris, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Adam Walker, English flute player [category: Births]
• 1988: Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Pablo Sorozábal, Basque-Spanish composer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ben Schumann, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Jennica Garcia, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Lecabela Quaresma, São Toméan runner [category: Births]
• 1989: Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter [category: Births]
• 1989: Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter (Black Veil Brides) [category: Births]
• 1990: Gene Callahan, American production designer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1992: Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Kätlin Aas, Estonian model [category: Births]
• 1992: Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian pianist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Samantha Boscarino, American actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Parveen Shakir, Pakistani civil servant and poet (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers. [category: Events]
• 1995: Zach Mills, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Kostas Palios, Greek actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. [category: Events]
• 1996: Start of the largest strike in South Korean history. [category: Events]
• 1997: Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore. [category: Events]
• 1998: Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones. [category: Events]
• 1999: Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage. [category: Events]
• 2000: Samuel Sevian, American chess player [category: Births]
• 2000: Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam. [category: Events]
• 2004: Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish singer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nasum and Genocide Superstars) (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Poom Jensen, American son of Ubolratana Rajakanya (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people including over 1700 on a moving train. [category: Events]
• 2004: Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny. [category: Events]
• 2005: Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Gerald Ford, American politician, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Munir Niazi, Pakistani poet (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260. [category: Events]
• 2007: Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John A. Garraty, American author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Fred Fono, Solomon politician, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: James Rizzi, American painter (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sam Rivers, American flute player and composer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, Pakistani politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: E. Porter Hatcher Jr., American politician (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fontella Bass, American singer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gerry Anderson, English director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese military commander (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jean Perrot, French archaeologist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paul T. Bateman, American theorist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rebecca Tarbotton, Canadian-American activist (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abadiu of Antinoe (Coptic Church) [category: 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: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Good Will (South Africa and Namibia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Feast of the Holy Family can fall, celebrated on Sunday after Christmas or 30 if Christmas falls on a Sunday. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Family Day (Vanuatu) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Father's Day (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: James the Just (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland and Slovakia), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stephen (Western Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Synaxis of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1 (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first of Twelve Holy Days (Esoteric Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The second day of Christmas (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man) [category: Holidays and observances]