Every yearDecember 26
Everything December 26 celebrates
5 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for December 26 every year.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Boxing DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | National Candy Cane Day | Food | |
| 03 | National Thank You Note Day | Community | |
| 04 | National Whiner's Day | Celebration | |
| 05 | Kwanzaa | Celebration |
Born on December 26
Historic figures
- Mao Zedong1893–1976Chinese politician, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
- Charles Babbage1791–1871English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine
- Henry Miller1891–1980American author and painter
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor1195–1250Holy Roman Emperor
- Yun Ch'iho1864–1945Korean activist and politician
- Alejo Carpentier1904–1980Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author
- Norman Angell1872–1967English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- Mary Somerville1780–1872Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author
- Thomas Gray1716–1771English poet and scholar
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald1803–1882Estonian physician and author
Celebrities & public figures
- Jared Letob. 1971American actor and musician
- Kit Haringtonb. 1986English actor
- Lars Ulrichb. 1963Danish-American drummer
- Hugo Llorisb. 1986French footballer
- Aaron Ramseyb. 1990Welsh footballer
- José Ramos-Hortab. 1949East Timorese lawyer and politician
- Yohan Blakeb. 1989Jamaican sprinter
- Eden Sherb. 1991American actress
- Martin Cooperb. 1928American engineer
- Adrian Neweyb. 1958English aerodynamicist and engineer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers December 26 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see December 26, 2026.
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