On this day: December 26

POSTED: 05:00 PM PST Dec 24, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 25, 2012 

Congress memorializes George Washington, Babe Ruth's contract is sold to the Yankees, Kwanzaa is celebrated for the first time, and a killer tsunami rolls across the Indian Ocean, all on this day.

OTD December 26 - Jason Robards
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Warner Bros. Pictures

2000: Actor Jason Robards, best known for such movie roles as "All the President's Men" (pictured), "Julia" and "Melvin and Howard," dies of lung cancer at the age of 78 in Bridgeport, Conn.

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