Today is Monday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2005. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day

Today is Monday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2005. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day. On this date in 2004, more than 200,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, are killed by a tsunami triggered by the world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years beneath the Indian Ocean.
In 1776, the British suffer a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. In 1799, former President George Washington is eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." In 1917, during World War I, the U.S. government takes over operation of the nation's railroads. In 1941, Winston Churchill becomes the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
December 26, 1980: Temperatures are expected to reach into the 20s, a heat wave compared to the record low of minus 4 on Christmas Day.
Fat isn't necessarily unhealthy and underweight people may run more health risks than their chubby friends, a Johns Hopkins University study concludes.
December 26, 1965: A rash of multiple-fatality accidents sends Ohio's holiday weekend death toll soaring past the 27 that had been predicted by state officials. Three persons are killed in a crash near Hubbard and a Yorkshire Drive man dies in a two-car crash in Wickliffe.
The Youngstown district had a strong Christmas season, with steel production and shipments the highest in a decade. Prospects for 1966 look even better.
Marine Pfc. Jerry Comer of Niles, home from Vietnam on an emergency leave, says anti-war demonstrators at home aren't helping morale, but they aren't hurting it either. Comer, 20, says he's fighting because "I don't want to see Communism or any other ism in America. If they must be stopped, let's stop them away from our shores."
December 26, 1955: None of Youngstown's sons or fathers are fighting on faraway battlefronts this Christmas, but some of them are celebrating the holiday in faraway lands. Three -- H.L. Douglas, Joseph S. Catone and Nicholas E. Mastorides -- are aboard icebreakers traveling toward the Antarctic with Adm. Richard E. Byrd's polar expedition.
Youngstown's first 1955 Christmas baby makes his debut in St. Elizabeth Hospital 11 minutes after midnight. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Knight of Girard, their eighth child.
December 26, 1930: With only five more days for the use of 1930 auto tags, the last-minute rush for new plates opens at the license stations throughout Mahoning County. Only 21,000 of the county's 58,000 vehicle owners have gotten their new license plates.
With Detroit auto manufacturers scheduled to step up operations after New Year's Day, hundreds of Mahoning Valley steel workers are being recalled to roll sheets for the 1931 models.
Atty. Charles J. Margiotti, whose ruthless prosecution of Irene Schrader and Glenn Dague brought first-degree death penalty convictions in New Castle, scores another legal victory. Acting as a special prosecutor, he obtains a first-degree verdict against William N. Rapier, a former Kittanning constable, tried in Armstrong County for killing Joseph Conto.