About December 26

December 26, 2023 is the 360th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Capricorn is the sun 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 46 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 26

  • 1481
    Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
  • 1613
    Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard.
  • 1805
    Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
  • 1862
    American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
  • 1862
    Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
  • 1883
    The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
  • 1919
    Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
  • 1925
    Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
  • 1944
    World War II: Patton’s Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
  • 1945
    CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
  • 1948
    Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
  • 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.
  • 1975
    The Tupolev Tu-144 SST goes into service in Soviet Union.
  • 1976
    The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded.
  • 1996
    Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
  • 1999
    The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
  • 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.
  • 2005
    A gang-related shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto kills one and injures six.
  • 2006
    A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan, killing two people and causing severe communication disruptions in southeast Asia.
  • 2006
    An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.

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