Today in 1915, one of WW1’s oddest naval battles occurs as British motorboats Mimi & Toutou capture the German steamer Kingani on Lake Tanganyika between the Belgian Congo & German East Africa. Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, the eccentric British commander, renames his prize HMS Fifi. pic.twitter.com/EasNbdCniB
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) December 26, 2024
Day: December 26, 2024
NATO nation scrambles fighter jets after Russian missile strikes. https://t.co/ee5UpjEoET #NATO #poland #RussianWarCrimes
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) December 26, 2024
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen breaks glass ceiling on Foreign Relations Committee https://t.co/pYwKYVZCL0
— The Hill (@thehill) December 26, 2024
On this day in 1944, Patton’s Third Army reaches the besieged 101st Airborne and 10th Armored divisions at Bastogne. The defenders had been holding out for six days. pic.twitter.com/WFi3j2K2cL
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) December 26, 2024
Heat wave leads to warnings of potentially devastating wildfires in southern Australia https://t.co/nPcq2qnv7i
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 26, 2024
With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.
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Following the tragic crash of the “Embraer 190” passenger plane, operated by “Azerbaijan Airlines” (AZAL) on its Baku-Grozny route, which resulted in numerous fatalities, President Ilham Aliyev has declared a day of mourning on December 26th throughout the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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