What happened this day in history: December 26

1717 - The first Christmas pantomime was performed in London. '˜Harlequin Executed' was staged at the Lincoln's Inn Theatre.
What happened this day in history: December 26What happened this day in history: December 26
What happened this day in history: December 26

1860 - The first ever inter-club English Association Football match took place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

1862 - Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover were the first female nurses on a US Navy hospital ship.

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1871 - Gilbert and Sullivan collaborated for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. The two did not collaborate again for four years.

1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium.

1941 - Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress when he told them about the progress of the war in Europe.

1973 - The Exorcist was released in cinemas.

2004 - More than 200,000 people in 13 countries were killed when a tsunami was triggered by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean.

2009 - China opened the world’s longest high-speed rail route, linking Beijing and Guangzhou.