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In 1969, Ayers co-founded the far-left militant organization the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group that sought to overthrow the United States government which they viewed as American imperialism.
Famous Birthdays on December 26
1944 — William Ayers
American academic and activist
December 26 has 202 recorded notable births across history, from 1194 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1799 Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen". Source
- 1861 American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus easing tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Source
- 1811 A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills 72 people, including the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable. Source
- 2004 Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny. Source
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was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971.
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When Peter Hillary summited Everest in 1990, he and his father were the first father/son duo to achieve the feat.
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was a Filipino lawyer, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as the 17th Mayor of Manila and the first to be democratically elected.
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Johnson called it "the most astonishingly brilliant beginning of any Negro writer of his generation".
More major people born on December 26
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1907
Albert Gore
Sr., American lawyer and politician (died 1998)
Albert Arnold Gore Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S.
1954
Peter Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
Peter Edmund Hillary, born 26 December 1954 is a New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist.
1912
Arsenio Lacson
Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (died 1962)
Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as the 17th Mayor of Manila and the first to be democratically elected.
1894
Jean Toomer
American author and poet (died 1967)
Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the latter association.
1924
Frank Broyles
American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2017)
John Franklin Broyles was an American college football player and coach, college athletics administrator, and broadcaster.
1867
Phan Bội Châu
Vietnamese activist (died 1940)
Phan Bội Châu was a Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary. In 1904, he formed a revolutionary organization called Duy Tân Hội and initiated the Đông Du movement.
1960
Cem Uzan
Turkish businessman and politician
Cem Cengiz Uzan is a Turkish businessman and politician involved in the media and banking industries, while also chairing the social liberal Young Party (GENÇPARTİ).
1940
Edward C. Prescott
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Edward Christian Prescott was an American economist. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E.
1628
John Page
English Colonial politician (died 1692)
Colonel John Page was an English-born planter, merchant, slave trader and politician who spent most of his life in North America.
1904
Alejo Carpentier
Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (died 1980)
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
1737
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1815)
General Field Marshal Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was an Austrian army officer who served in the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor.
1891
Henry Miller
American author and painter (died 1980)
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist.
1954
Ozzie Smith
American baseball player and sportscaster
Osborne Earl Smith is an American former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Oz", Smith played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball (MLB).
1992
Jade Thirlwall
English singer
Jade Amelia Thirlwall, known professionally as Jade, is an English singer.
1979
Chris Daughtry
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christopher Adam Daughtry is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and comic book artist.
1980
Todd Dunivant
American soccer player
Todd Dunivant is an American soccer executive and former defender who played 13 years in Major League Soccer winning 5 MLS Cup trophies.
1885
Bazoline Estelle Usher
African-American educator (died 1992)
Bazoline Estelle Usher was an American educator known for her work in the Atlanta Public Schools.
1991
Trevor Siemian
American football player
Trevor John Siemian is an American professional football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
1859
William Stephens
American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (died 1944)
William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.