History Events on December 26

The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

#Association_football

During the December 2015 North American storm complex, a Tornado Outbreak occurred in the DFW Metroplex, with the most notable tornadoes being an EF2, EF3, and an EF4. About a dozen people died due to various reasons, 10 of which due to the EF4, which did substantial damage to the suburb of Rowlett.

#December_2015_North_American_storm_complex

The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

#The_Beatles

The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

#Kwanzaa

World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.

#World_War_II

Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.

#Berengar_I_of_Italy

The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.

#Communist_Party_of_the_Philippines

Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

#Babe_Ruth

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

#Franklin_D._Roosevelt

Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen". (This is not to be confused with Washington's funeral on December 18.)

#Henry_Lee_III

Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

#József_Mindszenty

Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.

#Gilbert_and_Sullivan

Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

#Marie_Curie

Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.

#Ba'athist_Iraq

The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.

#Cyclone_Lothar

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

#Battle_of_Chickasaw_Bayou

Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.

#Orange_Revolution

Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

#USS_Red_Rover_(1859)

Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.

#Battle_of_Pu?tusk

The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

#Soviet_Union

The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

#Dakota_War_of_1862

American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.

#American_Revolutionary_War

World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

#George_S._Patton

American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

#American_Civil_War

Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.

#Peace_of_Pressburg_(1805)

Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.

#Vietnam_War

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.

#Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union

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.

#Richmond_Theatre_fire

China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

#High-speed_rail_in_China

The 6.6 Mw? Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

#2003_Bam_earthquake

The 9.1-9.3 Mw? Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

#2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami

Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.

Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service.

Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.

Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.

Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.

Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.