Events Calendar: December 2026 Fred E. Hayes Post 57 Events: December 2026
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PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY (1941)
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Location:United States
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Date:Monday, December 7, 2026
USS Panay Attacked by Japanese (1937)
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Location:Yangtse River, China
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Date:Saturday, December 12, 2026
The Japanese attacked the USS Panay, even though it was prominently flying the US Flag. The attack is thought to have been a test of US response. Crewmen were eventually rescued.
Bill of Rights Day
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Location:United States
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Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2026
Wright Brothers Day
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Location:United States
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Date:Thursday, December 17, 2026
Commemorates the first powered flight by man.
US Space Force Birthday (2019)
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Location:Grandview WA
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Date:Sunday, December 20, 2026
Official date of formation as a separate military force. The US Space Command was established on 9/1/1982, but not as a separate military force.
CHRISTMAS DAY
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Location:World-wide
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Date:Friday, December 25, 2026
Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
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Location:Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
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Date:Tuesday, December 29, 2026
On December 29, 1890, in the final chapter of America’s long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. 25 soldiers died.