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 countrymen

1805 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 Japan

1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming 

1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Gansu China

1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey 

1941 Winston Churchill becomes the First British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress

1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst

1944 Battle of Bastogne US General Patton breaks through the German lines  

1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens

1947 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 Caroline

1966 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