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RE: December 26th

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St. Stephen's Day is celebrated on 26 December in the Western Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Day

The 2003 Bam earthquake struck on Friday, December 26, 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Bam_earthquake

Asian Tsunami December 26th 2004

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A liquid-fuelled Hoopskirt rocket was launched by Robert Hutchings Goddard on December 26, 1928
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19590090000

Salyut 4 (DOS-4) was launched on December 26, 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_4

The KA-SAT telecommunications satellite was launched on December 26, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KA-SAT

The Resurs-P No.2 satellite was launched on the 26th December 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurs-P_No.2

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Valeri Yuriyevich (26 December 1952 - 26 November 2014) was a Research Cosmonaut
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/sharov_valeri.htm

John Rackham (26 December 1682 - 18 November 1720) was an English pirate captain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Jack

Charles Babbage, FRS (26 December 1791 - 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage

Gary Alan Wegner (born Seattle, Washington on December 26, 1944) is an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_A._Wegner

Charles Green (baptised 26 December 1734 - January 29, 1771) was a British astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61342128/charles-green-1734-1771/

Mary Fairfax Somerville (26 December 1780 - 28 November 1872) was a Scottish science writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville

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NGC 1796 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 26th December 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56048445/ngc-1796/

NGC 2063 was discovered by William Herschel on the 26th December 1783.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56048454/ngc-2063/

NGC 2251 was discovered by William Herschel on the 26th December 1783.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56048462/ngc-2251/

NGC 2270 was discovered by William Herschel on the 26th December 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56048467/ngc-2270/

NGC 2369 was discovered by John Herschel on the 26th December 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56048478/ngc-2369/

NGC 2459 was discovered by William Herschel on the 26th December 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56048492/ngc-2459/

The Cone Nebula was discovered by William Herschel on December 26, 1785
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t5188130/ngc2264/

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Supernova 2008in was discovered on December 26, 2008 by Koichi Itagaki
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t23512328/supernova-2008in/

Kepler-70: On December 26, 2011, evidence for two extremely short-period planets was announced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-70#Planetary_system

Comet C/1799 Y1 (Mechain) was discovered on the 26 December 1799
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_M%C3%A9chain#Discoveries

Michal Kusiak discovered SOHO's 1999th and 2000th comets on 26 December 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory

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Meteorites

The Pervomaisky (L6) meteorite fell in Vladimirskaya oblast', Russia, on the 26th December, 1933.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46945860/pervomaisky-meteorite/

The Fayetteville (H4) meteorite fell in Arkansas, USA, on the 26th December, 1934.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46945862/fayetteville-meteorite/

The Enshi (H5) meteorite fell in Hubei, China, on the 26th December, 1974.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46945866/enshi-meteorite/