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What Happened on August 26th This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.
2018	Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
2015	Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
2014	The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
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. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.
2003	A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
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 Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications 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.
1972	The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.
1970	The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by 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	The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
1940	World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
1936	Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved.
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 fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
1883	The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
1863	The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.
1849	President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti.
1833	The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish.
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.
1767	Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
1748	The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
1648	The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.
1642	Dutch–Portuguese War: Second Battle of San Salvador: The Dutch force the Spanish garrison at San Salvador (modern day Keelung, Taiwan) to surrender, ending the short-lived Spanish colony on Formosa and replacing it with a new Dutch administration.
1542	Francisco de Orellana crosses South America from Guayaquil on the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
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	At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.
1303	Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate.
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
1925	Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (d. 2005)
1944	Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
1947	Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1910	Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1897	Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)
1824	Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (d. 1885)
1986	Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
1938	Jet Black, English drummer (d. 2022)
1882	James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1694	Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)

Famous People Deaths On August 26

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Date	Name
1978	Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899)
1987	John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919)
2018	Neil Simon, American playwright and author (b. 1927)
1714	Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
2003	Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
1910	William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
1979	Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (b. 1908)
1551	Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1850	Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
1278	Ottokar II of Bohemia (b. 1233)