August, 26th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 26, 2005:
Fiji's High Court rules that the island's sodomy law is unconstitutional.

Tuesday 26, 2003:
Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Monday 26, 2002:
Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Tuesday 26, 1997:
Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.

Friday 26, 1988:
Merhan Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

Wednesday 26, 1987:
President Ronald Wilson Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.

Tuesday 26, 1986:
Toxic gas kills 1700 in Cameroon.

Saturday 26, 1978:
Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut on board of the Soyuz 31 spacecraft.

Thursday 26, 1976:
Raymond Barre becomes Prime Minister of France.

Saturday 26, 1972:
Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, Germany.

Monday 26, 1968:
The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is released as a single in the United States under the Apple Records label.

Monday 26, 1957:
a "super longdistance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket ... a few days ago," according to Tass Soviet News Agency.

Saturday 26, 1944:
World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.

Monday 26, 1940:
Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.

Saturday 26, 1939:
The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.

Thursday 26, 1920:
19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.

Wednesday 26, 1914:
World War I: The German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.

Sunday 26, 1883:
Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

Tuesday 26, 1862:
American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.

Thursday 26, 1858:
First news dispatch by telegraph.

Monday 26, 1839:
The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.

Wednesday 26, 1789:
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen approved by Constituent Assembly at Palace of Versailles

Wednesday 26, 1778:
The first ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain of Slovenia.

Friday 26, 1498:
Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pietà.

Wednesday 26, 1429:
Joan of Arc enters Paris.

Friday 26, 1346:
Hundred Years' War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.

Friday 26, 1278:
Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia.

Saturday 26, 1071:
Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert

Sunday 26, -55:
Julius Caesar invades Britain

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-august/on-this-day.html


People born on August 26

1980:
Macaulay Culkin, American actor (b: August 26, 1980) (Biography of Macaulay Culkin)

1979:
Jamal Lewis, American football player (b: August 26, 1979) (Biography of Jamal Lewis)

1971:
Thalía, Mexican actress (b: August 26, 1971) (Biography of Thalía (actress))

1969:
Jorge Sanz, Spanish actor (b: August 26, 1969) (Biography of Jorge Sanz)

1966:
Shirley Manson, Scottish rock singer (b: August 26, 1966) (Biography of Shirley Manson)

1965:
Chris Burke, American actor (b: August 26, 1965) (Biography of Chris Burke)
Jon Hensley, American actor (b: August 26, 1965) (Biography of Jon Hensley)

1960:
Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader (b: August 26, 1960) (Biography of Branford Marsalis)
Ola Ray, American actress (b: August 26, 1960) (Biography of Ola Ray)
Wanda De Jesus, American actress (b: August 26, 1960) (Biography of Wanda De Jesus)

1957:
Dr. Alban, Nigerian singer (b: August 26, 1957) (Biography of Dr. Alban)

1956:
Brett Cullen, American actor (b: August 26, 1956) (Biography of Brett Cullen)

1952:
Michael Jeter, American actor (b: August 26, 1952 ; d: March 30, 2003) (Biography of Michael Jeter)

1946:
Valerie Simpson, American singer (b: August 26, 1946) (Biography of Valerie Simpson)
Alison Steadman, British actress (b: August 26, 1946) (Biography of Alison Steadman)
Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (b: August 26, 1946) (Biography of Tom Ridge)

1944:
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (b: August 26, 1944) (Biography of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester)

1942:
Dennis Turner, British politician (b: August 26, 1942) (Biography of Dennis Turner)
Vic Dana, American singer (b: August 26, 1942) (Biography of Vic Dana)

1941:
Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director (b: August 26, 1941) (Biography of Barbet Schroeder)
Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress (b: August 26, 1941) (Biography of Akiko Wakabayashi)

1940:
Don LaFontaine, movie trailer announcer (b: August 26, 1940) (Biography of Don LaFontaine)

1938:
Francine York, American actress (b: August 26, 1938) (Biography of Francine York)

1936:
Yvette Vickers, American actress (b: August 26, 1936) (Biography of Yvette Vickers)

1935:
Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Vice Presidential candidate (b: August 26, 1935) (Biography of Geraldine Ferraro)

1934:
Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and commentator (b: August 26, 1934) (Biography of Tom Heinsohn)

1931:
Ann E. Todd, American actress (b: August 26, 1931) (Biography of Ann E. Todd)

1923:
Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist (b: August 26, 1923) (Biography of Wolfgang Sawallisch)

1922:
Irving R. Levine, American journalist (b: August 26, 1922) (Biography of Irving R. Levine)

1921:
Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist (b: August 26, 1921) (Biography of Benjamin Bradlee)

1919:
Ronny Graham, American comic actor (b: August 26, 1919) (Biography of Ronny Graham)

1917:
Jan Clayton, American actress (b: August 26, 1917) (Biography of Jan Clayton)

1914:
Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b: August 26, 1914 ; d: February 12, 1984) (Biography of Julio Cortázar)

1909:
Jim Davis, American actor (b: August 26, 1909 ; d: April 26, 1981) (Biography of Jim Davis (actor))

1906:
Albert Sabin, American polio researcher (b: August 26, 1906 ; d: March 3, 1993) (Biography of Albert Sabin)

1904:
Christopher Isherwood, Anglo-American writer (b: August 26, 1904 ; d: January 4, 1986) (Biography of Christopher Isherwood)

1901:
Maxwell Taylor, American general (b: August 26, 1901) (Biography of Maxwell Taylor)

1900:
Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b: August 26, 1900 ; d: December 16, 1980) (Biography of Hellmuth Walter)

1898:
Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b: August 26, 1898 ; d: December 23, 1979) (Biography of Peggy Guggenheim)

1897:
Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b: August 26, 1897 ; d: July 18, 1990) (Biography of Yoon Boseon)

1896:
Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b: August 26, 1896 ; d: September 5, 1990) (Biography of Ivan Mihailov)

1882:
James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 26, 1882 ; d: May 21, 1964) (Biography of James Franck)

1880:
Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (b: August 26, 1880 ; d: November 9, 1918) (Biography of Guillaume Apollinaire)

1875:
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada (b: August 26, 1875) (Biography of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir)

1874:
Zona Gale, American novelist (b: August 26, 1874) (Biography of Zona Gale)

1873:
Lee DeForest, American inventor (b: August 26, 1873 ; d: June 30, 1961) (Biography of Lee DeForest)

1792:
Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (b: August 26, 1792) (Biography of Manuel Oribe)

1775:
William Joseph Behr, German writer (b: August 26, 1775 ; d: August 1, 1851) (Biography of William Joseph Behr)

1743:
Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (b: August 26, 1743 ; d: May 8, 1794) (Biography of Antoine Lavoisier)

1694:
Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b: August 26, 1694 ; d: October 22, 1755) (Biography of Elisha Williams)

1676:
Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: August 26, 1676 ; d: March 18, 1745) (Biography of Robert Walpole)

1540:
King Magnus of Livonia (b: August 26, 1540 ; d: March 18, 1583) (Biography of Magnus of Livonia)

1469:
Ferdinand II of Naples (b: August 26, 1469 ; d: September 7, 1496) (Biography of Ferdinand II of Naples)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-august/births.html