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What Happened on August 26th This Day in History

Year	Name
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.

Famous People Born on August 26

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Year	Name
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)

Famous People Deaths On August 26

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 26. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
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)