Holidays on this day
- Boxing Day
- Day of Air Defense Forces of the Russian Ground Forces
- Deep Snow Festival
- Whiner's Day
- Dream Hunting Day
- Thank You Letter Day
- Candy Cane Day
Significant events in history
1783 The first ever parachute jump from a height was demonstrated.
1812 The soldiers of Napoleon's defeated army left Russia.
1825 The Decembrist uprising took place in St. Petersburg.
1898 Marie and Pierre Curie received radium for the first time.
1941 The Kerch landing operation of the Soviet troops began.
2004 A giant tsunami hit southern Asia.
Persons
English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage was born on December 26, 1791.
On December 26, 1861, Russian and Soviet fashion designer and theater costume designer Nadezhda Lamanova was born.
English publicist and pacifist, Nobel laureate Ralph Norman Angell was born on December 26, 1872.
On December 26, 1893, the 20th century Chinese statesman and politician Mao Zedong was born.
Folk calendar
Eustratian Day, Witches' gatherings. Old style date: December 13.
On this day, the memory of the holy martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius and Orestes, who suffered for their faith at the beginning of the 4th century in Sebaste, is celebrated.
People believed that on this day witches gather for gatherings and hold advice: how to grab the sun and drive it away from the world. They said that you should not use foul language against Eustratius, otherwise the witch might fall from the sky right on your head. You also shouldn’t leave a broom on the porch – evil spirits could drag it away and use it to raise snow whirlwinds and cover up the sun.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Anastasia, Arkady, Arseny, Vasily, Vladimir, Gabriel, German, Gregory, Evgeny, Emelyan, Ivan, Nikolay, Orest, Yakov.
Source: Calend.ru.
