December 26 is the 360th day of the year, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining.
- 1950 — Randall Woodfield is born.
- 1953 — Margarita Sánchez Gutiérrez is born.
- 1956 — Lyle Brummett is born.
- 1978 — John Wayne Gacy's victim, Timothy McCoy is found.
- 1980 — Richard Chase died.
- 2003 — Huang Yong died.
- 2011 — Yadira Narváez is apprehended.
- 2012 — John Dwight Canaday died.
- 2016 — Murad Nurmagomedov is apprehended.