26th December: Today In History

Today is 26th December,  the 360 day of 2015. There are 05 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight In History;
Birthdays:
  1716Thomas Gray, English Poet
  1891Henry Miller, US novellist; novels include 'Tropic Of Capricorn'
  1893Mao Tse-tung, Chinese communist leader &founder of the party in 1921
  1927Dennis Quilley, Actor; 'Privates on Parade'
  1935Rohan Kanhai, Guyana born crickete
  1940Phil Spector, Record producer and songwriter
  1944Jane Lapatoire, Actress

Events:
  1717The first ever English pantomime, 'Harlequin Executed', was performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, in London
  1851Royal Navy warship bombards Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) flees to Epe, wounded.
  1898Radium, the radioactive element, was discovered by Pierre & Marie Curie
  1906The world's first feature film was made in Australia
  1932Dick Whittington became the first pantomime seen on television
  1961The author Frank Richards, of the Billy Bunter stories, died
  1972US President Harry S. Trueman, the man who authorised the use of nuclear weapons on Japan, died
  1988Junior doctors protested against their long working hours
  1990Desert Orchid won the'King George VI Chase'at Kempton Park for a record fourth time

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