December 26, 2016 (Monday)
Arts and culture
- American Actor George S. Irving, best known for being one of the last members of the original production of Oklahoma! and voicing Heat Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus, dies at age 94. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Disasters and accidents
International relations
- China resumes diplomatic ties with São Tomé and Príncipe two weeks after the African island nation broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan. (AP via New York Times)
- CHP MP Öztürk Yılmaz says Turkey has expressed its readiness to work with president Assad of Syria. (Sputnik)
Science and technology
- Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory find a way to make thinner electrical wires that measure just three atoms wide. (Phys.org) (SLAC)