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* [[2006]] – '''[[2006 Hengchun earthquakes|Two earthquakes]]''' off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged [[submarine communications cable]]s, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions. |
* [[2006]] – '''[[2006 Hengchun earthquakes|Two earthquakes]]''' off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged [[submarine communications cable]]s, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions. |
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* [[2015]] – '''[[2015 Garland tornado|A violent tornado]]''' moves through several suburbs of [[Dallas, Texas]], killing ten and injuring almost 500 others. It was the deadliest tornado to ever hit Texas during the month of December. |
* [[2015]] – '''[[2015 Garland tornado|A violent tornado]]''' moves through several suburbs of [[Dallas, Texas]], killing ten and injuring almost 500 others. It was the deadliest tornado to ever hit Texas during the month of December. |
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* Born/died this day: | '''[[Masrur al-Balkhi]]'''<!--Arab military officer--> |d|893| '''[[Reginald Fitz Jocelin]]'''<!--English bishop--> |d|1191| '''[[Rose Lok]]'''<!--English businesswoman--> |b|1526| '''[[Seth Warner]]'''<!--American army officer--> |d|1784| '''[[Joseph Widney]]'''<!--American doctor, educator and historian--> |b|1841| '''[[Marie Fox]]'''<!--French-born English writer--> |d|1878| '''[[Willy Corsari]]'''<!--Dutch actress and writer--> |b|1897|'''[[Mary Jane Richardson Jones]]'''<!--American suffragette--> |d|1909| '''[[Elizabeth David]]'''<!--English cook--> |b|1913|'''[[Milagros Benet de Mewton]]'''<!--Puerto Rican educator/suffragist--> |d|1948|'''[[José Ramos-Horta]]'''<!-- East Timorese politician--> |b|1949| '''[[Stanisław Kot]]'''<!--Polish historian--> |d|1975| '''[[Eden Sher]]'''<!--American actress--> |b|1991| '''[[Wolfgang Schäuble]]'''<!--German politician--> |d|2023| |
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Masrur al-Balkhi]]'''<!--Arab military officer--> |d|893| '''[[Reginald Fitz Jocelin]]'''<!--English bishop--> |d|1191| '''[[Rose Lok]]'''<!--English businesswoman--> |b|1526| '''[[Seth Warner]]'''<!--American army officer--> |d|1784| '''[[Joseph Widney]]'''<!--American doctor, educator and historian--> |b|1841| '''[[Marie Fox]]'''<!--French-born English writer--> |d|1878| '''[[Willy Corsari]]'''<!--Dutch actress and writer--> |b|1897|'''[[Mary Jane Richardson Jones]]'''<!--American suffragette--> |d|1909| '''[[Elizabeth David]]'''<!--English cook--> |b|1913|'''[[Milagros Benet de Mewton]]'''<!--Puerto Rican educator/suffragist--> |d|1948|'''[[José Ramos-Horta]]'''<!-- East Timorese politician--> |b|1949| '''[[Stanisław Kot]]'''<!--Polish historian--> |d|1975| '''[[Eden Sher]]'''<!--American actress--> |b|1991| '''[[Wolfgang Schäuble]]'''<!--German politician--> |d|2023| |
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Revision as of 11:21, 24 December 2025
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1790 – French Revolution: Louis XVI of France gave his royal assent to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, subordinating the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government. | needs more footnotes |
| 1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: French troops under Napoleon engaged Russian forces in both the Battles of Pułtusk and Golymin. | both: refimprove section |
| 1908 – Boxer Jack Johnson became the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World after defeating Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney. | refimprove, unreferenced section, too many examples |
| 1968 – The Communist Party of the Philippines, which is fighting an ongoing insurgency, was established by Jose Maria Sison. | Communist Party: unreferenced section; Sison: refimprove section |
| 1975 – The Tupolev Tu-144, the first commercial aircraft to surpass Mach 2, went into service. | unreferenced section |
| 1980 – Witnesses reported the first of several sightings of unexplained lights in the sky near RAF Woodbridge in Rendlesham Forest, England, in an incident later called "Britain's Roswell". | Refimprove |
| 1991 – The Supreme Soviet officially dissolved itself, completing the dissolution of the Soviet Union. | multiple issues |
| 2006 – The Hengchun earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, on the anniversaries of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated Southeast and South Asia, and of the 2003 Bam earthquake that killed more than 26,000 people. | 2004: lots of {{cn}} tags (13) |
| John Page |baptised|1628| | lots uncited |
| Jean François de Saint-Lambert |b|1716 | lots of {{cn}} tags (5) |
| Ram Swarup |d|1998 | Deathdate not cited |
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- 1606 – The first known performance of King Lear, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare (pictured) and based on the legend of Leir of Britain, took place before King James I.
- 1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) directed the premiere of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, his first Christmas cantata composed in Leipzig.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington led a Continental Army column across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack against Hessian forces at the Battle of Trenton (painting shown).
- 1811 – Seventy-two people died when a theater in Richmond, Virginia, was destroyed by fire, becoming the worst urban disaster in American history at the time.
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou began with Confederate defenders engaging Union forces who were attempting to capture the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
- 1871 – Thespis, the first comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London.
- 1898 – At the French Academy of Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.
- 1943 – World War II: In the Battle of Cape Gloucester, American and Australian forces bombarded Japanese positions on New Britain in the Territory of New Guinea while U.S. Marines invaded from two sides of the island.
- 1943 – Second World War: The German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk at the Battle of the North Cape during an attempt to attack Arctic convoys.
- 1946 – American gangster Bugsy Siegel opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the oldest casino still in operation on the Las Vegas Strip.
- 1996 – Six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
- 1996 – The Federation of Korean Trade Unions called on its 1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning the largest organized strike in South Korean history.
- 2004 – A major earthquake and tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries.
- 2006 – Two earthquakes off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged submarine communications cables, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions.
- 2015 – A violent tornado moves through several suburbs of Dallas, Texas, killing ten and injuring almost 500 others. It was the deadliest tornado to ever hit Texas during the month of December.
- Born/died this day: | Masrur al-Balkhi |d|893| Reginald Fitz Jocelin |d|1191| Rose Lok |b|1526| Seth Warner |d|1784| Joseph Widney |b|1841| Marie Fox |d|1878| Willy Corsari |b|1897|Mary Jane Richardson Jones |d|1909| Elizabeth David |b|1913|Milagros Benet de Mewton |d|1948|José Ramos-Horta |b|1949| Temuera Morrison |b|1960| Stanisław Kot |d|1975| Eden Sher |b|1991| Wolfgang Schäuble |d|2023|
Notes
- Battle of the Assunpink Creek appears on January 2 and Battle of Princeton appears on January 3, so Washington's crossing of the Delaware/Battle of Trenton should not appear if either of the two are going to
December 26: Saint Stephen's Day (Western Christianity); Boxing Day in the Commonwealth; Wren Day in Ireland and the Isle of Man; Kwanzaa begins (African diaspora in the Americas)
Babe Ruth
- 1709 – The opera Agrippina, described as George Frideric Handel's first masterpiece, premiered in Venice.
- 1800 – Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, ordered the formation of the Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse, described as the first full-time military unit raised in Australia.
- 1825 – Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Konstantin removed himself from the line of succession.
- 1919 – American baseball player Babe Ruth (pictured) was sold by the Boston Red Sox to their rivals, the New York Yankees, beginning the 84-year-long "Curse of the Bambino".
- 2015 – A violent tornado moved through several suburbs of Dallas, United States, killing ten and injuring almost 500 others.
- John Fothergill (d. 1780)
- Bazoline Estelle Usher (b. 1885)
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (b. 1950)
- Gust Zarnas (d. 2000)
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