On December 26, 2004, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck Indonesia, causing a giant tsunami off Sumatra Island and killing more than 230,000 persons in a dozen Asian nations.
On this date in 1986, pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager landed the airplane Voyager to complete the world’s first nonstop, around-the-globe flight without refueling.
On December 12, 1963, Kenya gained its independence from Britain.
