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What happened in history on August 26th?
Year | Name |
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2015 | Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. |
2011 | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. |
2009 | Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. |
1999 | Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. |
1998 | The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite. |
1997 | Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. |
1980 | After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. |
1978 | Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. |
1977 | The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec |
1970 | A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. |
1966 | The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. |
1944 | World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. |
1942 | At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Beſżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day. |
1940 | Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix ÿboué, France's first black colonial governor. |
1922 | Greco-Turkish War (1919-22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun. |
1920 | The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. |
1914 | World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. |
1914 | World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau. |
1883 | The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. |
1814 | Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias. |
1813 | War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland). |
1810 | The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution. |
1791 | John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. |
1789 | The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France. |
1778 | The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. |
1768 | Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. |
1748 | The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia. |
1542 | Francisco de Orellana navigated the Amazon River, reaching the Atlantic Ocean. |
1444 | Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel. |
1346 | France suffered a devastating military humiliation at the Battle of Crécy, while England's military reputation was established in an evening's hard fighting. |
1303 | Alauddin Khalji captures Chittorgarh. |
1278 | Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia. |
1071 | The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. |
683 | Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah. |
Here is a random list who born on August 26. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1903 | Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992) |
1970 | Brett Schultz, South African cricketer |
1728 | Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777) |
1548 | Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (d. 1612) |
1954 | Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman |
1925 | Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (d. 2010) |
1923 | Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013) |
1873 | Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961) |
1952 | Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player |
1743 | Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (d. 1794) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 26. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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1987 | John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919) |
526 | Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (b. 454) |
1346 | Charles II, Count of Alençon (b. 1297) |
1945 | Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890) |
1214 | Michael IV of Constantinople |
2012 | Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (b. 1943) |
1865 | Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791) |
2015 | Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952) |
2018 | Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927) |
1921 | Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848) |