Dec. 26 (UPI) -- On this date in historical past:
In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware River on Christmas nighttime, defeated Hessian mercenary troops fighting for the British on the battle of Trenton, N.J.
In 1908, Jack Johnson, with a 14th-round KO of Tommy Burns in Australia, grew to become the primary African-American to win the realm heavyweight boxing title.
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed an order giving the federal executive control over operation of U.S. railroads in the course of World conflict I.
In 1966, the first Kwanzaa, created through Maulana Karenga, changed into observed. The seven-day break celebrates African and African-American heritage and lifestyle.
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In 1972, Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the united states, died at age 88.
In 1974, legendary comedian Jack Benny died of cancer. He turned into 80.
In 1990, Nancy Cruzan, the center of attention of a appropriate-to-die case that went to the U.S. Supreme court docket, died in a Missouri health facility.
In 1996, child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, 6, was discovered slain in a basement room of her household's Boulder, Colo., domestic.
In 2003, more than 26,000 individuals had been killed and lots injured when an earthquake struck the ancient city of Bam in southeastern Iran.
In 2003, the death toll changed into said at one hundred thirty five after a Boeing 727 crash within the West African country of Benin.
In 2004, an earthquake-prompted tsunami raced throughout the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves slamming into India, Thailand, Indonesia and a number of other countries, killing as a minimum 225,000 people and leaving lots injured. It became probably the most world's worst herbal disasters.
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In 2006, Gerald R. Ford, 38th president of the united states, died at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at the age of ninety three.
In 2010, a suicide explosion that killed at the least 46 americans at a U.N. food distribution point in Pakistan become spark off by a teenage woman, an reliable said.
In 2012, Brian Schatz, 40, turned into chosen to be successful U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, who died Dec. 17 of respiratory issues at age 88. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie picked Schatz, who had been the state's lieutenant governor.
In 2012, China opened the area's longest high-velocity railway connecting Beijing to the southern metropolis of Guangzhou.
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In 2013, African leaders met in Juba, South Sudan, to are attempting to conclusion hostilities that killed a whole lot of individuals within the nation on account that mid-December.
