This Day in History
26 Dec 1198
French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
26 Dec 1568
Uprising of Moriscos against suppression in Granada
26 Dec 1748
France & Austria sign treaty about Southern Netherlands
26 Dec 1799
George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as 1st in war 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen
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Jimi Hendrix writes Purple Haze
After a stint in the U.S. Army and a creatively unfulfilling stretch as a session musician and sideman to acts like Little Richard and The Isley Brothers 21-ye...
The first Kwanzaa
The first day of the first Kwanzaa is celebrated in Los Angeles under the direction of Maulana Karenga the chair of Black Studies at California State Universit...
Jack Johnson wins heavyweight title
Jack Johnson becomes the first African American to win the world heavyweight title when he knocks out Canadian Tommy Burns in the 14th round in a championship b...
Churchill addresses Congress
Less than three weeks after the American entrance into World War II Winston Churchill becomes the first British prime minister to address Congress. Churchill ...
Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel
Well-known singer and comedian Jimmy Durante headlined the entertainment with music by Cuban band leader Xavier Cugat. Some of Siegels Hollywood friend...
Patton relieves Bastogne
On this day General George S. Patton employs an audacious strategy to relieve the besieged Allied defenders of Bastogne Belgium during the brutal Battle of t...
U.S. jets strike North Vietnam
In the sharpest escalation of the war since Operation Rolling Thunder ended in November 1968 U.S. fighter-bombers begin striking at North Vietnamese airfields...
Laos says communists launched an offensive
Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma reports that North Vietnamese troops have started a general offensive against government forces in southern Laos. Phouma reporte...
Jack Johnson wins heavyweight boxing title
On this day in 1908 the boxer John Arthur Johnson defeats Tommy Burns in Sydney Australia becoming the first black heavyweight champion of the world and an i...
Truman dies
On this day in 1972 former President Harry S. Truman dies in Independence Missouri.Then-President Richard Nixon called Truman a man of forthrightness a...
Moses Austin asks Spanish for Texas colony
Hoping to recover from bankruptcy with a bold scheme of colonization Moses Austin meets with Spanish authorities in San Antonio to ask permission for 300 Anglo...
King Lear performed at Court
On this day in 1606 William Shakespeares play King Lear is performed at the court of King James I of England. Lear is one of the later works penned by ...
The Exorcist opens
On this day in 1973 The Exorcist a horror film starring the actress Linda Blair as a girl possessed by an evil spirit makes its debut in theaters it will go...
Tsunami devastates Indian Ocean coast
A powerful earthquake off the coast of Sumatra Indonesia on this day in 2004 sets off a tsunami that wreaks death and devastation across the Indian Ocean coas...
Bathory’s torturous escapades are exposed
On this day in 1609 or 1610 (sources are not conclusive) Count Gyorgy Thurzo makes an investigative visit to Csejthe Castle in Hungary on orders from King Matt...
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