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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 26th December 2018   
   26 Dec 18 03:56:03   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-mv1-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1568 - Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada   
      
   1945 - CFP franc and CFA franc created   
      
   1948 - Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty arrested   
      
   1967 - BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"   
      
   1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   
      
   1997 - The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes,   
   creating a small tsunami offshore.   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1633 - Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   
      
   1853 - René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)   
      
   1859 - Johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist   
      
   1942 - Vinicio Cerezo, President of Guatemala (1986-91), born in Guatemala City   
      
   1968 - Mideon [Dennis Knight], American professional wrestler, born in   
   Clearwater, Florida   
      
   1978 - Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player, born in Iwanuma, Japan   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1530 - Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, Timurid founder and 1st Emperor of the   
   Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent (1526-30), dies at 47   
      
   1827 - Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81   
      
   1950 - James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68   
      
   1960 - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54   
      
   1974 - Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], American comedian (Jack Benny Show),   
   dies of pancreatic cancer at 80   
      
   1980 - Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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