Page 5: Historical Events In December - 26

1916  On December - 26 bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

1917  On this day in history fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I   

1917  On December - 26 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron   

1917  On December - 26 rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes   

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on December - 26.   

1918  On December - 26 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW)   

1918  Bertram Luard-Selby, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth   

1920  On December - 26 gote Carlid, composer   

1921  On this day in history steve Allen, NYC, comedian/TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show)   

1924  On December - 26 judy Garland, 2½, billed as Baby Frances, makes her show business debut   

1924  On this day in history frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.   

1925  Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar on December - 26.   

1925  1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans on December - 26.   

1925  Baron Baker, activist on December - 26.   

1926  Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan on December - 26.   

1926  Earle Brown, composer on December - 26.   

1927  On December - 26 alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me)   

1928  Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming on December - 26.   

1929  Régine, French singer and nightclub owner on this day in history.   

1930  Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor (Kent-Logan's Run) on December - 26.   

1931  Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history george/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in NYC   

1932  Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China on December - 26.   

1933  On December - 26 the Nissan Motor Company was organized in Tokyo under the name Dat Jidosha Seizo Co   

1933  On December - 26 uS forswears armed intervention in the Western Hemisphere   

1933  On this day in history bradman scores 187* NSW v Victoria, 294 mins, 13 fours   

1933  On this day in history lunatscharski, writer, dies   

1934  Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms on December - 26.   

1935  On this day in history stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth"   

1936  On December - 26 israel Philarmonic Orch forms   

1937  On December - 26 ivor Gurney, composer, dies at 47   

1938  Bradman scores 225 South Aust v Qld before Christ gets him out on this day in history.   

1939  Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey on this day in history.   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  On December - 26 birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.   

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on December - 26.   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.