TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023

1492 — First Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus

1748 — France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands

1805 — France & Austria sign Peace of Pressburg

1825 — Erie Canal opens

1854 — Wood-pulp paper first exhibited, Buffalo

1862 — 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato MN, due to their uprising

1865 — James H Mason (Massachusetts) patents first U.S. coffee percolator

1872 — Fourth largest snowfall in NYC history (18")

1932 — Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China

1934 — Yomiuri Giants, Japan's first professional baseball team forms

1944 — Battle of Bastogne-U.S. General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse the Germans

1947 — British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia

1966 — Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (first fruits of harvest) holiday

1982 — TIME's Man of the Year is a computer

1988 — Anti African student rebellion in China People's Republic