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