Friday December 26, 1902

Holidays

• The first day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
• First day of Kwanzaa
• Boxing Day in the Commonwealth of Nations.
• Australia - Proclamation Day (South Australian public holiday), for the foundation of the Australian state of South Australia on December 28, 1836 but commemorated on this day.
• Wrenboys celebrate Wren in Ireland
• Period of Ursids meteor shower ends about this day
• Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia - Tsunami Awareness Day/Tsunami Memorial (or Remembrance) Day
• Mandala Pooja at Sabarimala in Kerala, India
• First day of Junkanoo street parade in the Bahamas (the second day is on the New Year's Day)
• Wren day in Ireland and the Isle of Man.
• St. Stephen's Day, a public holiday in Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, and the Republic of Ireland.
• R.C. Saints - Saint Stephen
• South Africa - Day of Goodwill, a public holiday
• Slovenia - Independence and Unity Day (1990)
• See more

Events

• Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42).

Famous Birthday

• Elisha Cook Jr

  San Francisco, California -- Actor...

• Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan

  Russian painter (d. 1980).

• Anatoli Kaplan

  Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980).

• Charles Pollock

  Artist.