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Friday, 26 December 2025

2006

The 2006 Hengchun earthquake with 7.1 magnitude hit Taiwan.

2005

Boxing Day shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto.

2004

A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 250,000 people including over 1700 on a moving train

2003

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.

1998

Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.

1997

The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.

1996

Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.

Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.

1991

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the USSR.

1986