What happened on December 26 ?
Deaths
268 - Pope Dionysius
418 - Pope Zosimus
1350 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop
1458 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
1476 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1444)
1530 - Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483)
1574 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1524)
1624 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)
1731 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
1771 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1780 - John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
1784 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
1786 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
1869 - Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)
1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
1909 - Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)
1933 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)
1960 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
1963 - George Wagner, American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915)
1972 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
1973 - Harold B. Lee, 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
1974 - Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894)
1977 - Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896)
1981 - Savithri, Telugu, Tamil Actress
1983 - Violet Carson, OBE, British actress
1985 - Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)
1986 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
1999 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
1999 - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)
2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
2001 - Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
2002 - Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
2003 - Bomi Bulsara, father of rock singer Freddie Mercury (b. 1908)
2003 - Sir Alan Bates, British actor (b. 1934)
2004 - Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
2004 - Troy Broadbridge, Australian football player (b. 1980)
2004 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician (b. 1962)
2004 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
2005 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
2005 - Erich Topp, World War Two U-Boat Ace (b. 1914)
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