26TH
DECEMBER
BOXING DAY (HANDSEL DAY IN SCOTLAND)
FEAST DAY OF
"ST STEPHEN; ST DIONYSIUS, POPE; ST
ARCHELAUS OF KASHKAR; ST VINCENTIA LOPEZ; ST ZOSIMUS, POPE; & ST TATHAI OR
ATHAEUS." |
| 26TH |
268 |
"ST DIONYSIUS" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 26TH |
418 |
"ST ZOSIMUS" ENDS HIS
REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 26TH |
795 |
"ST LEO III" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 26TH |
1836 |
THE COLONY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
IS FOUNDED BY SETTLERS. |
| 26TH |
1898 |
"MARIE & PIERRE CURIE" DISCOVERED RADIUM. |
| 26TH |
1902 |
IN A BOXING MATCH "OSCAR
NELSON" WAS KNOCKED DOWN 5 TIMES, & "CHRISTY WILLIAMS" 42 TIMES. |
| 26TH |
1906 |
THE WORLD’S FIRST FEATURE FILM, "THE STORY OF THE
KELLY GANG," IS PREMIERED AT THE ATHENAEUM HALL, MELBOURNE. |
| 26TH |
1908 |
"TOMMY BURNS" WAS
KNOCKED OUT IN SYDNEY BY TEXAN, "‘GALVESTON JACK’ JOHNSON" THE FIRST
BLACK BOXER TO WIN A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. |
| 26TH |
1932 |
EARTHQUAKE IN KANSU, CHINA, KILLS 70,000. |
| 26TH |
1943 |
THE GERMAN CRUISER ‘SCHARNHORST’
WAS SUNK BY THE BRITISH IN THE NORTH SEA, DURING THE BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE. |
| 26TH |
1947 |
BRITAIN TRANSFERS HEARD & McDONALD ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN
OCEAN TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 26TH |
1956 |
"FIDEL CASTRO"
ATTEMPT AT OVERTHROWING THE "BATISTA" REGIME IN CUBA, ENDED WITH ALL BUT 11 OF
HIS SUPPORTERS KILLED. |
| 26TH |
1964 |
THE MOORS MURDERERS CLAIM THEIR LAST VICTIM. |
| 26TH |
1973 |
2 ‘SKYLAB 3’ ASTRONAUTS
WALK IN SPACE FOR 7 HOURS. |
| 26TH |
1975 |
‘TUPOLEV-144’ BECOMES THE WORLD’S FIRST
SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT TO GO INTO REGULAR SERVICE, CARRYING MAIL FROM MOSCOW TO ALMA. |
| 26TH |
1988 |
"LEGS DIAMOND"
STARRING "PETER ALLEN’ OPENS ON BROADWAY. |
| 26TH |
1991 |
"JACK RUBY’S" GUN SELLS AT AUCTION FOR
$220,000 |
| 26TH |
1991 |
SOVIET PARLIAMENT VOTED THE
COUNTRY OUT OF EXISTENCE. |
| 26TH |
1996 |
JOCKEY "JASON PATTON" TOOK A TUMBLE FROM HIS MOUNT
"COGITATE" AND JOCKEY "ANDREW PAYNE" WAS DISLODGED FROM HIS MOUNT
"HON KWOK STAR" DURING THE RUNNING OF THE CHRISTMAS HANDICAP AT CAULFIELD.
"ANDREW PAYNE" LANDED IN THE SADDLE OF "JASON PATTON’S" HORSE
"COGITATE." |
| 26TH |
1998 |
THE ILLFATED "SYDNEY -
HOBART" YACHT RACE BEGINS IN SYDNEY. |
| 26TH |
1999 |
SINGER, ACTRESS, "JENNIFER LOPEZ" & HER
BOYFRIEND, RAPPER, "SHAWN ‘PUFFY’ COOMBES" ARE ARRESTED AFTER 3 PEOPLE
WERE SHOT & WOUNDED AT A NEW YORK NIGHTCLUB.THEY WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A WEAPON AFTER A GUN & STOLEN PROPERTY WERE FOUND IN THEIR CAR.
CHARGES AGAINST "LOPEZ" WERE DROPPED SOON AFTER. |
| 26TH |
2000 |
AT LEAST 309 PEOPLE DIED WHEN
FIRE DESTROYED A BUILDING IN CHINA’S CENTRAL CITY OF LUOYANG.
200 PEOPLE IN A FOURTH FLOOR DANCE HALL & TRAPPED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE SECOND
& THIRD FLOORS MADE UP THE DEAD. |
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