What are the important events that happened on December 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 26 is the 360th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 13, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,766,707,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 53 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,753 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 26 Historical Events
- 1793 –The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
- 1860 –The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
- 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.
- 1870 –The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
- 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.
- 1898 –Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
- 1933 –FM radio is patented.
- 1996 –Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
- 1998 –Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
- 1999 –The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
Who were born on December 26?
- 1902 –Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
- 1914 –Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1922 –Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
- 1939 –Phil Spector, American music producer
- 1966 –Sandra Taylor, American model and actress
- 1972 –Shane Meadows, British filmmaker
- 1973 –Paulão, Brazilian footballer
- 1980 –Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
- 1990 –Andrew Biersack, singer, Black veil brides, Ana’s Boyfriend
- 1995 –Zach Mills, American actor
Who died on December 26?
- 418 –Pope Zosimus
- 1780 –John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
- 1784 –Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
- 1890 –Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
- 1909 –Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)
- 1931 –Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal classification (b. 1851)
- 1981 –Amber Reeves, British feminist writer (b. 1887)
- 2000 –Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2004 –Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman (b. 1928)
- 2011 –Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939)
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