TodayOn this dayDecember 26
On this day
Good news on December 26.
Positive things that happened on December 26, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Verified milestones
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1791
Charles Babbage was born in London on December 26, 1791. He designed machines that are remembered as early plans for the modern computer.
For a read-aloud. Charles Babbage was born, and he dreamed up machines that could calculate.
1967
On December 26, 1967, the Wham-O company received a U.S. patent for a saucer-shaped throwing toy, the Frisbee flying disc.
For a read-aloud. The flying disc known as a Frisbee received a patent.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- What toy is more fun when you share it?
- What machine would you design to help people do hard math?
From the archive
Stories published on December 26 will show up here. The archive is still young.
No archive story for this date yet.
When a story is published on December 26, it will be listed here with the milestones above.