WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007

Today is Wednesday, December 26, the 360th day of 2007. There are 5 days left in the year.

268 _ St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic pope

1776 _ George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton

1805 _ France and Austria sign Peace of Pressburg

1925 _ Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar

1932 _ Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu, China

1934 _ Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms

1943 _ British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst

1968 _ Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1

1973 _ Soyuz 13 returns to Earth

1973 _ ``The Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres

1978 _ India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail

1988 _ Anti-African student rebellion in China

1994 _ French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille