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 361st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 13, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,735,171,200 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 ‘trihectahexacontahenagon’ day.
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 34 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 4,388 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 26 Historical Events
- 1481 –Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
- 1790 –Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
- 1806 –Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
- 1846 –Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
- 1919 –Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
- 1986 –The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after 35 years on the air.
- 1996 –Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
- 2004 –Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
- 2005 –A gang-related shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto kills one and injures six.
Who were born on December 26?
- 1853 –René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
- 1894 –Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
- 1937 –John Horton Conway, British mathematician
- 1938 –Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
- 1941 –Daniel Schmid, Swiss film director (d. 2006)
- 1956 –David Sedaris, American essayist
- 1960 –Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
- 1970 –Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
- 1974 –Zach Blair, American guitarist (Rise Against)
- 1987 –Adam Walker, British flautist
Who died on December 26?
- 268 –Pope Dionysius
- 1458 –Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
- 1476 –Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1444)
- 1784 –Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
- 1931 –Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal classification (b. 1851)
- 1980 –Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
- 1985 –Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1928)
- 1988 –Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
- 1990 –Gene Callahan, American film art and production designer (b. 1923)
- 2011 –Fred Fono, Solomon Islands politician (b. 1962)
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