26th December: Today In History

Today is 26th December,  the 360 day of 2015. There are 05 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History; Birthdays:   1716 Thomas Gray, English Poet   1891 Henry Miller, US novellist; novels include 'Tropic Of Capricorn'   1893 Mao Tse-tung, Chinese communist leader &founder of the party in 1921   1927 Dennis Quilley, Actor; 'Privates on Parade'   1935 Rohan Kanhai, Guyana born crickete   1940 Phil Spector, Record producer and songwriter   1944 Jane Lapatoire, Actress Events:   1717 The first ever English pantomime, 'Harlequin Executed', was performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, in London   1851 Royal Navy warship bombards Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) flees to Epe, wounded.   1898 Radium, the radioactive element, was discovered by Pierre & Marie Curie   1906 The world's first feature film was made in Australia   1932 Dick Whittington became the first pantomime seen on television   1961 The author Frank Richards, of the Billy Bunter stories, died   1972 US President Harry S. Trueman, the man who authorised the use of nuclear weapons on Japan, died   1988 Junior doctors protested against their long working hours   1990 Desert Orchid won the'King George VI Chase'at Kempton Park for a record fourth time