December 26th, 2000

Born on December 26th, 2000

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

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What happened on December 26th?

December 26th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) directed the premiere of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, his first Christmas cantata composed in Leipzig.

December 26th, 2006

Two earthquakes off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged submarine communications cables, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions.

December 26th, 1946

American gangster Bugsy Siegel opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the oldest casino still in operation on the Las Vegas Strip.

December 26th, 1943

World War II: In the Battle of Cape Gloucester, American and Australian forces bombarded Japanese positions on New Britain in the Territory of New Guinea while U.S. Marines invaded from two sides of the island.

December 26th, 1919

American baseball player Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to their rivals, the New York Yankees, beginning the 84-year-long "Curse of the Bambino".

December 26th, 1900

A relief crew arrived at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse in Scotland and discovered that the previous crew had disappeared.

December 26th, 1898

At the French Academy of Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.

December 26th, 1871

Thespis, the first comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London.

December 26th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou began with Confederate defenders engaging Union forces attempting to capture the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

December 26th, 1825

Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Konstantin removed himself from the line of succession.

December 26th, 1811

Seventy-two people died when a theater in Richmond, Virginia, was destroyed by fire, becoming the worst urban disaster in American history at the time.

December 26th, 1800

Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, ordered the formation of the Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse, described as the first full-time military unit raised in Australia.

December 26th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: George Washington led a Continental Army column across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack against Hessian forces at the Battle of Trenton (painting shown).

December 26th, 1709

The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.

December 26th, 1606

The first known performance of King Lear, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare (pictured) and based on the legend of Leir of Britain, took place before King James I.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 26th

Born on December 26th, 2000

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

23

Theo Dan

English rugby union player

*December 26th, 2000, London

23

Julen Agirrezabala

Spanish association football player

*December 26th, 2000, Errenteria

23

Polina Nosykhina

Ukrainian actress

*December 26th, 2000, Kyiv

23

Samuel Sevian

American chess player

*December 26th, 2000, Corning

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 26th?

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

37

Hugo Lloris

French footballer

*December 26th, 1986, Nice

33

Aaron Ramsey

Welsh association football player (born 1990)

*December 26th, 1990, Caerphilly

34

Yohan Blake

Jamaican athletics competitor

*December 26th, 1989, Saint James Parish

82

Mao Zedong

1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

52

Jared Leto

American actor and singer

*December 26th, 1971, Bossier City

81

Georg Buschner

German association football player and manager (1925-2007)

*December 26th, 1925, Gera †February 12th, 2007, Jena

41

Aksel Lund Svindal

Norwegian alpine skier

*December 26th, 1982, Lørenskog

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

22

Musa Juwara

Football player

*December 26th, 2001, Tujereng

51

Robert Muchamore

English author

*December 26th, 1972, London

62

John Lynch

Irish actor and novelist

*December 26th, 1961, Corrinshego

43

Jo Jung-suk

South Korean actor (1980-)

*December 26th, 1980, Seoul

33

Denis Cheryshev

Russian footballer

*December 26th, 1990, Nizhny Novgorod

37

Kit Harington

English actor

*December 26th, 1986, Acton

67

Fanny Dombre-Coste

French politician

*December 26th, 1956, Sainte-Adresse

73

Uli Stein

German cartoonist and photographer

*December 26th, 1946, Hanover †August 29th, 2020, Wedemark

31

Cecilia Costa Melgar

Chilean tennis player

*December 26th, 1992, Viña del Mar

35

Guy Edi

French basketball player

*December 26th, 1988, Agboville

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Born in 2000

24

Mischa Bredewold

Dutch cyclist

*June 20th, 2000, Amersfoort

24

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

24

Ice Spice

American rapper and songwriter (born 2000)

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

24

Nicki Nicole

Argentine singer (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

23

Elena Wassen

German diver

*November 1st, 2000, Eschweiler

24

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

24

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

23

Cameron Kasky

American activist against gun violence

*November 11th, 2000, Hollywood

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

23

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer-songwriter

*December 22nd, 2000, Oceanside

24

María Becerra

Argentine singer (born 2000)

*February 12th, 2000, Quilmes

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

23

24kGoldn

American rapper and singer

*November 13th, 2000, San Francisco

24

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

24

Halla Bouksani

Badminton player

*July 30th, 2000, Kouba

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 26th

Fixed holidays (Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. , Christian feast day, St. Stephen's Day , The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas) which are celebrated on December 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 26th, 2000
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2000 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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