August 26 Events in History - August 26 Birthdays - August 26 Deaths
August 26, 2000 WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0
August 26, 1995 Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan
August 26, 1995 Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval
August 26, 1992 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances
August 26, 1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
August 26, 1990 2 slain college students found in Gainesville, Florida
August 26, 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Northgate Golf Classic
August 26, 1990 Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
August 26, 1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st U.S. team since 1983 to win Little League WS
August 26, 1987 Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games
August 26, 1986 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38)
August 26, 1985 Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels
August 26, 1985 French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior
August 26, 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
August 26, 1984 Tatyana Kazankina of U.S.S.R. sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad
August 26, 1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
August 26, 1982 NASA launches Telesat-F
August 26, 1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
August 26, 1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan
August 26, 1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick
August 26, 1979 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
August 26, 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
August 26, 1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
August 26, 1977 Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
August 26, 1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
August 26, 1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
August 26, 1973 David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
August 26, 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
August 26, 1973 University of Texas (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing
August 26, 1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners
August 26, 1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
August 26, 1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
August 26, 1972 N.Y. Cosmos beat St. Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship
August 26, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
August 26, 1971 Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
August 26, 1971 New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975
August 26, 1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
August 26, 1967 Beatles, Mick Jagger and Marienne Faithful meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
August 26, 1967 Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland
August 26, 1967 Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam
August 26, 1966 Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
August 26, 1966 KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
August 26, 1964 Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
August 26, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention
August 26, 1963 W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy
August 26, 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
August 26, 1962 Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits Kansas City A's, 1-0
August 26, 1961 Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
August 26, 1957 U.S.S.R. announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
August 26, 1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
August 26, 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Denver Golf Open
August 26, 1956 Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from KC
August 26, 1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
August 26, 1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins
August 26, 1951 Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
August 26, 1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
August 26, 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
August 26, 1946 George Orwell published "Animal Farm"
August 26, 1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II
August 26, 1944 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed
August 26, 1944 De Gaulle marches to Champs-Elysees
August 26, 1944 U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris
August 26, 1942 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France
August 26, 1942 Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay
August 26, 1942 Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow
August 26, 1942 Transport nr 24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
August 26, 1940 RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk
August 26, 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York)
August 26, 1939 Belgium mobilizes
August 26, 1939 Kroatia gets autonomous status
August 26, 1938 British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine
August 26, 1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL
August 26, 1937 Franco's troops conquer Santander
August 26, 1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished
August 26, 1935 CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks
August 26, 1933 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
August 26, 1930 Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record
August 26, 1929 1st U.S. roller coaster built
August 26, 1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed
August 26, 1920 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted
August 26, 1920 Percy Fender (Surrey vs. Northants) scores 100 in 35 mins
August 26, 1918 W Smith and F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in New York City
August 26, 1916 Philadelphia A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
August 26, 1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
August 26, 1915 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia
August 26, 1914 Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia
August 26, 1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army
August 26, 1913 33rd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61)
August 26, 1912 32nd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats W F Johnson (36 26 62 64 62)
August 26, 1912 Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends
August 26, 1909 Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 and 13-67 for Middlesex vs. Gloucs
August 26, 1909 Middlesex beat Gloucs (Bristol) by Inn and 31 in a single day
August 26, 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
August 26, 1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
August 26, 1896 Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
August 26, 1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
August 26, 1894 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms
August 26, 1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
August 26, 1873 1st kindergarten public school opens in St. Louis
August 26, 1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
August 26, 1846 Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres
August 26, 1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st U.S. mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
August 26, 1843 Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
August 26, 1794 French troops occupy Lock
August 26, 1791 John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat
August 26, 1745 England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty
August 26, 1652 Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter
August 26, 1648 People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin
August 26, 1641 West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
August 26, 1634 Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants
August 26, 1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
August 26, 1549 Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels
August 26, 1545 Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese, duke of Parma
August 26, 1541 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary
August 26, 1346 Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle
August 26, 1278 Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II
August 26, 580 Chinese invents toilet paper
August 26 Birthdays in History - August 26 Deaths - August 26 Events
August 26, 1980 Macaulay Culkin, New York City, actor, Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich
August 26, 1979 Jamal Lewis, American Athlete
August 26, 1977 Liam Botham, cricketer, son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996
August 26, 1976 Carey Tally, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
August 26, 1975 Shea Seals, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers
August 26, 1974 Freddie Scott, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
August 26, 1974 Kelvin Cato, NBA center, Portland Trailblazers
August 26, 1973 Barret Robbins, NFL center for the Oakland Raiders
August 26, 1972 Sherell Ford, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics
August 26, 1971 Jocelyn Borgella, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions
August 26, 1971 Sharon Tina Jenkins, Auckland NZ, badminton player 1996 Olympics
August 26, 1970 Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test
August 26, 1970 Jacco Eltingh, Heerde Neth, tennis star, 1993 ATP World Doubles
August 26, 1969 Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar
August 26, 1969 Mike Gisler, NFL guard/center for the New England Patriots
August 26, 1969 Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Aust doubles finalist
August 26, 1969 Ricky Bottalico, New Britain CT, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
August 26, 1968 Courtney Hall, NFL center for the San Diego Chargers
August 26, 1968 Gavin Stratfold, Darwin NT, Australasia golfer
August 26, 1967 Myron Guyton, NFL full safety for the New England Patriots
August 26, 1967 Jeff Tweedy, American Musician
August 26, 1966 Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician
August 26, 1965 Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome, Corky-Life Goes On
August 26, 1965 Jon Hensley, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, actor, Holden Snyder-As the World Turns
August 26, 1964 Bobby Jurasin, CFL defensive end for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
August 26, 1964 Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1964 Dave Boyes, St. Catharines Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics
August 26, 1964 Karla Karch-Gailus, Vancouver BC, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
August 26, 1964 Tom Walsh, American Celebrity
August 26, 1963 David Byas, cricketer, left-handed Yorkshire batsman
August 26, 1962 Roger Kingdom, U.S. 60m hurdler, world record
August 26, 1961 Jeff Parrett, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
August 26, 1961 Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle
August 26, 1960 Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist, Bring on the Night, Tonight Show
August 26, 1960 Nancy Martinez, rocker
August 26, 1960 Ola Ray, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jun, 1980, /actress, Thriller
August 26, 1959 Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open
August 26, 1959 Joanne Gail Abbott, executive, MTV
August 26, 1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
August 26, 1957 Alex Trevino, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
August 26, 1954 Michael Chetwood, rocker
August 26, 1954 Sarah Lundy, horse trainer
August 26, 1954 Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor, Funny Man
August 26, 1954 Wally Murphy, rocker
August 26, 1954 Pauline Hanson, Australian Politician
August 26, 1952 Billy Rush, rocker
August 26, 1952 John Kinsella, USA, swimmer, Olympics gold 1972
August 26, 1952 Michael Jeter, born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, actor, Fisher King
August 26, 1952 Willie Rush, rocker, Asbury Jukes
August 26, 1951 Robert G Torricelli, Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983-
August 26, 1951 Edward Witten, American Mathematician
August 26, 1950 Richard Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rocker, Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly
August 26, 1949 John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze
August 26, 1949 Leon Redbone, American Musician
August 26, 1948 Jet Black, rocker, Stranglers-Dreamtime
August 26, 1948 Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner, Like a Rock
August 26, 1947 Candy Moore, Maplewood, New Jersey, actress, Lunch Wagon, Tomboy and Champ
August 26, 1946 Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet
August 26, 1946 Tom Ridge, American Politician
August 26, 1945 Melvin Watt, Rep-D-North Carolina
August 26, 1945 Thomas J Ridge, Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983-
August 26, 1945 Mel Watt, American Politician
August 26, 1944 Cornelia J "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress, Fool's Hat
August 26, 1944 Richard A W G, English prince/duke of Gloucester
August 26, 1943 Ulf Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen, 1968 Olympics gold
August 26, 1942 John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut, STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81
August 26, 1942 Vic Dana, Buffalo, singer/dancer, Talent Scouts
August 26, 1941 Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More
August 26, 1941 Chris Curtis, [Chris Crummy], rock drummer/vocalist, Deep Purple
August 26, 1941 Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer
August 26, 1940 Fred Milano, rocker
August 26, 1938 Francine York, Aurora, Minnesota, actress, Slattery's People
August 26, 1938 Maurice Williams, rocker
August 26, 1937 Tom Heinsohn, NBA star/coach, Boston Celtic
August 26, 1936 Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate, Jul 1959, /actress, Attack of 50' Woman
August 26, 1935 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], Dut poet, Long Live Joop Massaker
August 26, 1935 Geraldine Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, 1st female Democratic VP candidate, 1984
August 26, 1934 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist
August 26, 1932 Joe H Engle, Abilene, Kansas, Brig Gen USAF/astro, STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I
August 26, 1931 Dane Skerl, composer
August 26, 1931 Gordon Greig, journalist
August 26, 1931 Guy Vander Jagt, Rep-R-MI, 1966-
August 26, 1930 Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Aust
August 26, 1927 Francois Leydet, sierra club, Last Redwoods
August 26, 1927 Sam Massell, Mayor-Atlanta
August 26, 1922 Lazar Nikolov, composer
August 26, 1921 Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive, Washington Post
August 26, 1921 David Begelman, film producer
August 26, 1921 William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld
August 26, 1919 Ronny Graham, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Bob Crane Show, Chico and the Man
August 26, 1918 Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra
August 26, 1917 Jan Clayton, Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Ellen Miller-Lassie
August 26, 1917 William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85
August 26, 1916 Allan Leslie Merson, historian
August 26, 1915 Gre [Gerarda D] Brouwenstijn, Dutch singer
August 26, 1915 Humphrey Searle, England, writer, 20th Century counterpoint
August 26, 1915 Jim Davis, born in Edgerton, Missouri, actor, Jack Ewing-Dallas
August 26, 1915 William Bardwell, composer
August 26, 1914 Julio Cortazar, Argentina, writer, We Love Glenda So Much
August 26, 1913 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier
August 26, 1913 Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist
August 26, 1913 Tschakowski, writer
August 26, 1911 Lester Lanin, orchestra leader, 40 Beatle Hits
August 26, 1909 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39
August 26, 1909 Frank Gasparro, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S. chief engraver, 1965-81
August 26, 1908 Bill Hunt, cricketer, NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933
August 26, 1906 Albert B Sabin, Russia, U.S. microbiologist, oral polio vaccine
August 26, 1904 Christopher W. Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin
August 26, 1904 Christopher Isherwood, American Author
August 26, 1903 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer
August 26, 1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff
August 26, 1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63
August 26, 1901 Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer, Fiat
August 26, 1901 Maxwell D. Taylor, Soldier
August 26, 1899 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
August 26, 1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector
August 26, 1896 Richard Hammond, composer
August 26, 1895 Earl Long, American Politician
August 26, 1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
August 26, 1891 Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright, Races
August 26, 1890 Tommy Andrews, cricketer, NSW and Aussie player of the 1920's
August 26, 1887 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
August 26, 1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will
August 26, 1884 Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series
August 26, 1882 James Franck, German naturalist, Nobel 1925
August 26, 1882 Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian, Netherlands Archives
August 26, 1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic, Alcoola
August 26, 1875 John Buchan, Scotland, Governor-General of Canada/writer, Battle of Somme
August 26, 1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube
August 26, 1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author, Pojedinok
August 26, 1850 Charles Richet, French physiologist, anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913
August 26, 1843 George August Lumbye, composer
August 26, 1842 Heinrich I Quincke, German internist, Lumbaalpunctie
August 26, 1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin, President Lincoln
August 26, 1835 Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General Confederate Army
August 26, 1833 Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
August 26, 1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
August 26, 1825 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
August 26, 1823 Wilhelm Troszel, composer
August 26, 1820 James Harlan, Rep-Iowa, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1865-66
August 26, 1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
August 26, 1813 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter, Battle of Guilder Tracks
August 26, 1811 Danville Leadbetter, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1866
August 26, 1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
August 26, 1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer
August 26, 1745 Francois Guichard, composer
August 26, 1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry, Oxygen
August 26, 1743 Antoine Lavoisier, French Scientist
August 26, 1740 Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, ballooning
August 26, 1728 Johann Lambert, Switzerland, mathematician, proved ã is irrational
August 26, 1726 Karl Kohaut, composer
August 26, 1687 Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer, Joseph
August 26, 1676 Robert Walpole, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1721-42
August 26, 1627 Thomas Bullis, composer
August 26, 1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia, White Mountain