1. 1776: The Battle of Trenton took place during the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington's Continental Army successfully crossed the icy Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey.
2. 1862: The largest mass hanging in U.S. history occurred in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Dakota Indians were executed by hanging for their involvement in the Dakota War of 1862.
3. 1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announced the isolation of the radioactive element radium.
4. 1941: Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
5. 1972: The 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Nicaragua, killing more than 10,000 people.
6. 1991: The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union formally dissolved the Soviet Union, leading to the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
7. 2004: An earthquake measuring 9.1-9.3 struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggering a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that caused widespread devastation and killed over 230,000 people in 14 countries.
8. 2006: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed.
9. 2013: China successfully launched the Chang'e-3 lunar rover, becoming the third country to land a rover on the Moon.
10. 2018: An underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the coast of Java, Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that affected coastal areas, including the Sunda Strait.
These are just a few examples, and many more events, both significant and less well-known, have occurred on December 26 throughout history.
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