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December 26th
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About
December 26th is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are five days remaining
until the end of the calendar year.  December 26th is the first day of Kwanzaa.

Births
1921
- Steve Allen, comedian, actor, musician
1939 - Phil Spector, record producer, songwriter, convicted murderer
1947 - Carlton Fisk, Hall of Fame catcher
1954 - Ozzie Smith, Hall of Fame baseball shortstop
1955 - Evan Bayh, U.S. Senator (Indiana)

Deaths
1931
- 1851 - Melvil Dewey, invented Dewey Decimal System
1972 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President
1974 - Jack Benny, comedian, actor
2004 - Reggie White, Hall of Fame defensive end
2006 - Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. President

Events
1908
- Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champ after defeating Canadian Tommy Burns
in the 14th round.
1933 - A patent is awarded to Edwin H. Armstrong for the FM radio which he developed at Columbia University in New York
City.
1941 - Winston Churchill becomes the first British Prime Minister to address the United States Congress.
1946 - Mobster "Bugsy" Siegel opens the Pink Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2004 - A 9.2 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean causes a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India,
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Maldives, killing an estimated 230,000 people.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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