On December 26th

PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE WORLD ON
DECEMBER 26TH

267 Dionysius, bishop of Rome and saint1476 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered1627 Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua and Monferrato
1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, mercenary Hessian colonel killed in battle
1862 in Mankato Minnesota, 38 Santee Sioux Indians were hanged
1890 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist aged 86 1956 Holmes Herbert, actor 74 1966 Noel Gallon, composer 75
1971 Robert Lowery, actor aged 57 1972 Harry Truman the 33rd President of the U.S. died in Kansas City aged 88
1973 William Haines, actor 73
1974 Jack Benny, comedian aged 80
1977 Howard Hawks, director, aged 81
1985 Dian Fossey, zoologist specializing in Gorillas, murdered aged 53
1986 Elsa Lanchester, actress 84
1988 John Loder, actor aged 90 1992 Constance Carpenter, actress, dies of stroke aged 87
1993 Jeff Morrow, actor aged 80
1994 Robert Emhardt, actor, 80
1997 John Whitley, air-Marshal, aged 92




20 PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED IN THE WORLD ON
DECEMBER 26TH
1194 Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor and King of Sicily1618 abbess Elisabeth Paltsgravin of Rhine
1716 Thomas Gray, English poet
1792 Charles Babbage, English inventor of the calculating machine
1805 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer 1855 Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer
1891 Henry Miller, author
1894 Antonio Molina, composer
1902 Elisha Cook Jr, San Francisco California, actor
1914 Richard Widmark, Sunrise Michigan, actor
1921 Steve Allen, New York City, comedian and TV host
1927 Denis Quilley, London English actor
1930 Donald Moffat, Plymouth English actor 1932 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter
1939 Harvey Phil Spector, record producer
1944 Jane Lapotaire, actress 1951 Richard Skinner, British Disc Jockey1953 Matthew Harding, businessman and Chelsea football supporter and director1972 Jared Leto, Bossier City Louisiana, actor
1985 Steven Hartman, Westlake California, actor

IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 26TH

268 St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
418 St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 795 St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
1481 Battle at Westbroek Dutch army defeats Utrecht
1492 the 1st Spanish settlement in the New World is founded, by Columbus
1773 the Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
1799 Colonel Lee says George Washington, is 1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in the hearts of his countrymen1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minnesota 1862 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia
1872 18 inches is the 4th largest snowfall in New York City’s history
1899 Baden-Powell led a failed assault to relieve Mafeking, 24 killed
1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar 1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming 1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Gansu China1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey 1941 Winston Churchill becomes the First British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst1944 Battle of Bastogne US General Patton breaks through the German lines
1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast USA burying New York City under 25.8" of snow in just 16 hrs 1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV 1964 Moors Murderers claim last victim 1965 Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa the First fruits of harvest festival 1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, killing 1 1973 5 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours 1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth 1975 the first supersonic transport service begins in the USSR with the Tupolev-144
1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is released from jail
1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este
1986 Terrorists Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed
1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India
1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in an auction
1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed 1994 French commandos’ terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille