Remarkable moments that occurred on December 26 in history

In this video, we're going to take a look at some remarkable moments that occurred on December 26 in history. From world wars to political upheavals, this day has seen it all!

So let's take a look at some of the most significant events that took place on December 26th. December 26th has been a day of change and progress for the world! Watch this video to learn more about this fascinating day in history!

1492 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti)
1606 First known performance of William Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear" before the court of King James I at Whitehall, London
1776 American Revolutionary War: George Washington leads US troops to defeat Hessians at Battle of Trenton, New Jersey
1792 Trial of French King Louis XVI, court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze
1799 George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen”
1811 A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco
1848 The Phi Delta Theta fraternity is founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
1854 Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrates his small force at Ft Sumter
1862 Largest mass execution in US history: 38 Dakota men were executed via hanging in the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War in Mankato, Minnesota
1862 US Navy formally commissions 1st hospital ship, the USS Red Rover - a captured Confederate sidewheel barracks ship converted for the purpose - for service on the Mississippi
1865 James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st US coffee percolator
1878 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1917 US Federal government took over operation of American railroads for duration of WW I
1933 FM radio patent granted to American engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong
1941 Winston Churchill becomes first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of the US Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing”
1944 Battle of Bastogne: US General George S. Patton's 3rd Army repulses German forces
1954 "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
1966 Jimi Hendrix writes the song "Purple Haze" backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London
1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
1973 Horror film "The Exorcist" based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, starring Linda Blair, rated X, premieres - 1st horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
1973 Horror film "The Exorcist" based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, starring Linda Blair, rated X, premieres - 1st horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
1991 Gun of Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, sells for $220,000 at auction
1998 Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones
2004 a 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and edges of the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people
2018 American Colin O'Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted after 54 days at the Ross Ice Shelf

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