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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 26 December.

1. 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded by Columbus
2. Expulsion of tea ships from Phila
3. 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF
4. Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
5. James Mason patents 1st American coffee percolator
6. Fed govt took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I
7. Yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
8. 1st East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25 000 fans
9. US foreswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere
10. Harry Truman 33rd US Pres dies at 88
11. Soyuz 13 returns to Earth

These famous people were born on 26 December.

1. 1194 - Frederick II Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman emperor
2. 1716 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)
3. 1738 - Thomas Nelson, merchant, signed Decl of Ind
4. 1778 - Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist
5. 1792 - Charles Babbage, invented calculating machine
6. 1837 - Adm. George Dewey, the American naval hero of Manila
7. 1891 - Henry Miller, author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer)
8. 1893 - Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame
9. 1914 - Richard Widmark, Actor (Alamo, Judgement at Nuremberg)
10. 1917 - Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes
11. 1921 - Steve Allen, comedian
12. 1927 - Alan King, comedian
13. 1942 - Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1986-, )
14. 1948 - Chris Chambliss, NY Yankee 1st baseman