26th December 2019 History : From disastrous tsunami to element radium and other historic events

 | Updated: Dec 27, 2019, 11:48 AM IST

Turning the pages of history on what happened today, we came across some of the major inventions and a natural hazard that makes 'today', one of the eminent dates to remember! 

A coffee percolator

James H. Nason receives patent for a coffee percolator.

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Madam Marie Curie and Sir Pierre Curie

Marie and Pierre Curie announce the discovery of element radium.

(Photograph:WION)

German battleship Scharnhorst

Norwegian Navy destroys Germany's last battleship, Scharnhorst

(Photograph:WION)

The Tsunami of 2004 in India

9.3 Mw Indian Ocean quake triggers a tsunami, 280,000 people killed.

(Photograph:WION)
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Beijing-Guangzhou line put into operation in 2012

China opens the world’s longest high speed railway line between Beijing and Guangzhou.

(Photograph:WION)