December 26: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1878  John Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia   

1878  1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia.   

1878  Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)   

1879  John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres   

1879  Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer.   

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies.   

1883  The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen leads to five deaths in Newfoundland   

1883  Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master (1950).   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40   

1890  King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company   

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86   

1891  Henry Miller, US novellist is born.   

1891  Henry Miller, author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus)   

1892  Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala).   

1893  Mao Tse-tung, Chinese communist leader is born.   

1893  Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer   

1894  Antonio Molina, composer   

1897  Willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer   

1898  Radium, the radioactive element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie   

1899  Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed.   

1901  Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer [NS]   

1902  Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42)   

1902  Elisha Cook Jr, SF Calif, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI).   

1904  Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo)   

1908  In Sydney Australia Jack Johnson knocks out Canada's Tommy Burns to win the world heavyweight boxing crown; policestopped the fight in the 14th round;.   

1908  Jackson Johnson defeats Tommy Burns at Sydney, Australia for boxing title.   

1908  Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title, is recorded as becoming 1st black heavyweight champion.   

1908  Ralph Hill, US, 5K runner (Olympic-1932).   

1910  Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner.   

1914  Richard Widmark, Sunrise Mich, actor (Madigan, Judgement at Nuremberg)   

1915  Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature (Duck on Attic).   

1916  Joseph Joffre is recorded as becoming marshal of France.   

1916  Helmut Eder, composer   

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

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