Today is 26th December, the 360 day of 2015. There are 05 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight In History; Birthdays:
1716 | Thomas Gray, English Poet |
1891 | Henry Miller, US novellist; novels include 'Tropic Of Capricorn' |
1893 | Mao Tse-tung, Chinese communist leader &founder of the party in 1921 |
1927 | Dennis Quilley, Actor; 'Privates on Parade' |
1935 | Rohan Kanhai, Guyana born crickete |
1940 | Phil Spector, Record producer and songwriter |
1944 | Jane Lapatoire, Actress |
Events:
1717 | The first ever English pantomime, 'Harlequin Executed', was performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, in London |
1851 | Royal Navy warship bombards Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) flees to Epe, wounded. |
1898 | Radium, the radioactive element, was discovered by Pierre & Marie Curie |
1906 | The world's first feature film was made in Australia |
1932 | Dick Whittington became the first pantomime seen on television |
1961 | The author Frank Richards, of the Billy Bunter stories, died |
1972 | US President Harry S. Trueman, the man who authorised the use of nuclear weapons on Japan, died |
1988 | Junior doctors protested against their long working hours |
1990 | Desert Orchid won the'King George VI Chase'at Kempton Park for a record fourth time |
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