On this day: December 26

POSTED: 06:00 PM MST Dec 24, 2012    UPDATED: 12:00 AM MST Dec 26, 2012 
Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox

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.