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ON THIS DAY: Remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)

On this Day December 26, 2025 at 17:00

A disaster that unfolded without warning On 26 December 2004, a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that struck coastlines...

ON THIS DAY: Christmas truce during WW1 (1914)

On this Day December 25, 2025 at 21:00

Late Christmas Eve 1914, British Expeditionary Force troops in Flanders trenches heard Germans opposite singing "Stille Nacht" and other carols while illuminating parapets with...

ON THIS DAY: Apollo 8 Christmas Eve message from orbit (1968)

On this Day December 24, 2025 at 13:14

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans to orbit the Moon- and delivered one of the most memorable...

ON THIS DAY: The Nutcracker ballet premieres in Russia (1892)

On this Day December 18, 2025 at 16:38

A December premiere that made history On 18 December 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker was presented for the first time at the Mariinsky Theatre in...