Historical Events for 26th December 2022

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1492 - 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti)
1862 - 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
1941 - Winston Churchill becomes first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of the US Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing"
1946 - Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1967 - Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1976 - NFC Championship, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams, 24-13
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi is released from jail
1988 - Anti African student rebellion in Nanjing, China
1988 - "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances

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