Template:Selected anniversaries/December 26
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1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will pioneer the concept of a digital programmable computer.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.