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Famous People born on December 26th: 1791 Charles Babbage (inventor)  1891 Henry Miller (author) 1893 Mao Tse-tung (Chinese premier)  1914 Richard Widmark (actor) 1940 Phil Spector (music producer) On This Day In History: 1966 Kwanzaa (secular holiday honoring African-American heritage) is created by Ron "Maulana" Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University.  1991 The Supreme Soviet meets and agrees to dissolve the USSR. 2004 An earthquake in Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, measuring 9.3 on the Richter Scale creates tsunami waves that sweep across much of the coastlines of Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. At least 290,000 people are killed. 26 December is also: Boxing Day (UK, some Commonwealth countries, Ireland)  Feast of Saint Stephen (Catholicism)  1st Day of Christmas  Kwanzaa (26 December to 1 January) - Celebration of Umoja (Unity) Junkanoo (Nassau in the Bahamas) Back To Date Index Disclaimer: Birth dates and other information are thought to be correct, but there is a possibility that some entries may contain inadvert errors. If you spot such an error, please contact us. Sorry, we can not accept suggestions for additional entries at this time, due to the huge backlog of suggestions we have already received.
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