December 26

December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining.

Events:

• 1991 - Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the USSR.

Births:

• 1196 - Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (+ 1250)
• 1751 - Clement Mary Hofbauer, Redemptorist missionary (+ 1820)
• 1791 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines
• 1883 - Maurice Utrillo, painter (+ 1955)
• 1891 - Henry Miller, writer (+ 1980)
• 1893 - Mao Zedong, Chinese politician and dictator
• 1914 - Richard Widmark, actor
• 1939 - Phil Spector
• 1954 - Ozzie Smith, Baseball Hall of Famer

Deaths:

• 1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist
• 1972 - Harry S Truman, 33rd president of the United States

Holidays and Observances:

• Boxing Day in the United Kingdom and Australia
• First day of Kwanzaa

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See Also:

December 25 - December 27 - November 26 - January 26 -- listing of all days

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December