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A bit of December 26th history…
1492 - 1st Spanish settlement, La Navidad, in the New World is founded by Columbus - modern Mole-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti
1620 - Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory (the Blood Countess)’s crimes and serial murders are uncovered (pictured)
1854 - Wood pulp paper 1st exhibited
1973 - “The Exorcist” premiers - 1st horror film nominated for Best Picture
2004 - 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia killing 230,000 people
A bit of December 26th history… 1492 - 1st Spanish settlement,...