Historical Events
- "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
- National Football League Championship, Cleveland Municipal Stadium: Cleveland Browns thrash Detroit Lions, 56-10; Browns' placekicker Lou Groza makes 8 extra points, a new title game record
Famous Birthdays
- David Armstrong, English soccer midfielder (3 caps; Middlesbrough 359 games, Southampton 222 games), born in Durham, England (d. 2022)
Ozzie Smith (69 years old)
American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (15 x MLB All-Star; 13 x Gold Glove Award; World Series 1982; NL Silver Slugger Award 1987; NLCS MVP 1985; SD Padres, St Louis Cardinals), born in Mobile, Alabama
- Palmolive [Paloma Romero McLardy] Spanish-British punk rock drummer and songwriter (The Slits, The Raincoats), born in Melilla, Spain
- Peter Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, philanthropist and son of Sir Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Peter Woods, American rock guitarist (Romeo Void - '"Never Say Never"; A Girl in Trouble"), born in the USA
- Susan Butcher, American dog musher and 4 x winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
- Ullrich Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic gold 1976)
- Walter Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic gold 1976)
About December 26, 1954
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 69 years, 4 months and 1 day
Leap Year: No
Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Capricorn
Music Charts
#1 Song: Let's Have Another Party - Winifred Atwell
