Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 26
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December 26: Boxing Day; St. Stephen's Day; Kwanzaa
- 1790 - French Revolution: Louis XVI of France gave his royal assent to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
- 1898 - Pierre and Marie Curie (pictured) announced the discovery of a new element, later to be named radium.
- 1908 - Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, becoming the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World.
- 1991 - The Supreme Soviet officially dissolved itself and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
- 2004 - An earthquake in the Indian Ocean generated a tsunami that killed upwards of 200,000 people, mostly in Indonesia.
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