12-26-2005, 09:24 AM
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December 26th
1610 ~ Elizabeth Bathory's crimes were uncovered.
1791 ~ Birthday of Charles Babbage, Mathematician and designer of computing machines.
1792 ~ Final trial of Louis XVI of France began.
1890 ~ Death of Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist.
1893 ~ Birthday of Mao Zedong, Chinese Politician.
1941 ~ Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
1948 ~ Cardinal Mindszenty arrested in Hungary.
1966 ~ The first Kwanzaa was celebrated.
1991 ~ Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the USSR.
2004 ~ An Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 200,000 people in 13 countries.
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