Births on December 26

Simon Goodwin

Born on December 26, 1976

Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach

Simon Goodwin (born 26 December 1976) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He has been the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) since 2017.

As a player, Goodwin tallied 275 AFL games, all as a midfielder for the Adelaide Football Club between 1996 and 2010. He won two premierships with the Crows in 1997 and 1998, was a five-time All-Australian, and captained Adelaide for his final three seasons. Goodwin was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a player in 2017.

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Events on 1976

5 Jan

Democratic Kampuchea
The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
13 Apr

Thomas Jefferson
The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
8 May

Six Flags Magic Mountain
The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
11 Oct

Gerald R. Ford
George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
13 Oct

Ebola
The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.

Births on December 26

Simon Goodwin

Born on December 26, 1976

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Democratic Kampuchea

Thomas Jefferson

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Gerald R. Ford

Ebola