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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_26" title="December 26">December 26</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Day" title="Wren Day">Wren Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa" title="Kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a></b> begins (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_diaspora_in_the_Americas" title="African diaspora in the Americas">African diaspora in the Americas</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1723" title="1723">1723</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> directed the premiere of <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darzu_ist_erschienen_der_Sohn_Gottes,_BWV_40" title="Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40">Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes</a></b></i>, his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cantata" title="Christmas cantata">Christmas cantata</a> composed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King" title="Philip Gidley King">Philip Gidley King</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor of New South Wales</a>, ordered the formation of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_Body_Guard_of_Light_Horse" title="Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse">Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse</a></b>, described as the first full-time military unit raised in Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: In the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Gloucester" title="Battle of Cape Gloucester">Battle of Cape Gloucester</a></b>, American and Australian forces bombarded Japanese positions on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_of_New_Guinea" title="Territory of New Guinea">Territory of New Guinea</a> while U.S. Marines invaded from two sides of the island.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Korean_Trade_Unions" title="Federation of Korean Trade Unions">Federation of Korean Trade Unions</a> called on its 1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%931997_strikes_in_South_Korea" title="1996–1997 strikes in South Korea">the largest organized strike in South Korean history</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquakes" title="2006 Hengchun earthquakes">Two earthquakes</a></b> off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine communications cables</a>, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Corsari" title="Willy Corsari">Willy Corsari</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1897); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_David" title="Elizabeth David">Elizabeth David</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1913); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milagros_Benet_de_Mewton" title="Milagros Benet de Mewton">Milagros Benet de Mewton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1948); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kot" title="Stanisław Kot">Stanisław Kot</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1975)</p>
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