August 26
August 26th is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). There are 127 days remaining.
Events:
- 1847 - Liberia proclaimed independent
- 1858 - First news dispatch by Telegraph
- 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run begins in the American Civil War
- 1883 - Eruption of Mount Krakatoa
- 1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote
- 1940 - Cadillac discontinued the LaSalle
- 1944 - Charles de Gaulle enters Paris
- 1957 - Ford introduced the Edsel
- 1957 - Russia tests an ICBM
- 1968 - Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago
- 1980 - Harvey's Resort and Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada blown up by a bomb
- 1985 - The Yugo went on sale in the United States
Births:
- 1676 - Robert Walpole, British prime minister
- 1740 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, inventor, worked on first hot-air balloon
- 1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, chemist
- 1838 - John Wilkes Booth, assassin, actor
- 1873 - Lee DeForest, inventor of the vacuum tube
- 1904 - Christopher Isherwood, writer
- 1906 - Albert Sabin, polio researcher
- 1910 - Mother Teresa
- 1915 - Jim Davis, actor
- 1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. vice presidential candidate in 1984
- 1952 - Michael Jeter, actor
- 1960 - Branford Marsalis, saxophonist, bandleader
- 1980 - Macaulay Culkin, actor
Deaths:
- 1930 - Lon Chaney
- 1945 - Franz Werfel
- 1974 - Charles Lindbergh, aviator
- 1975 - Haile Selassie
- 1979 - Charles Boyer, actor
- 1980 - Tex Avery
- 1986 - Ted Knight, actor
- 1989 - Irving Stone, author
Holidays:
August 25 - August 27 - July 26 - September 26 - Historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December