THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 26
December 26 in history
What happened on December 26: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1907, 1914 and 1936, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Surat split
26 Dec 1907 — Congress breaks into Moderates and Extremists on the floor of its Surat session — chairs thrown, session abandoned. Constitutional petition or mass pressure? The argument that starts here runs to 1947.
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— Christmas truce
24-26 Dec 1914 — Along stretches of the line, soldiers climb out, exchange tobacco, bury their dead, and by several accounts play football. Commands on both sides make sure it never happens again.
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— Xi’an Incident
12–26 Dec 1936 — Chiang Kai-shek is kidnapped by his own marshal and released only after agreeing to stop fighting the communists and face Japan. The United Front makes the coming war a national one.
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