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Events

• 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain.
• 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert.
• 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.
• 1303 - Ala ud din Khilji won Chittor.
• 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.
• 1498 - Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pietà.
• 1778 - The first ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain of Slovenia.
• 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen approved by Constituent Assembly at Palace of Versailles.
• 1818 - The first Illinois Constitution was signed in Kaskaskia.
• 1839 - The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
• 1858 - First news dispatch by telegraph.
• 1862 - American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.
• 1883 - Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
• 1914 - World War I: Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg, a decisive engagement which resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian 2nd Army.
• 1914 - World War I: The British Expeditionary Force briefly checks the German advance at Le Cateau.
• 1914 - World War I: The German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.
• 1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
• 1928 - May Donoghue drinks a bottle of ginger beer at a cafe in Paisley, Scotland and finds the remains of a snail in the bottle. She launches a civil action against the drink manufacturer which becomes one of the famous cases in English Common Law; that of Donoghue v. Stevenson.
• 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.
• 1940 - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
• 1942 - Holocaust in Chortkiv, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am in the morning the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of houses, splits in groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 Jews to Belzec death camp. 500 of sick and children murdered on the spot.
• 1944 - World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
• 1957 - The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM - a "super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket ... a few days ago," according to the Soviet news agency, TASS.
• 1968 - The Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1968 - The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is released (in a shortened version) as a single in the United States under the Apple Records label, to spend nine weeks as number one, a record for any Beatles single,.
• 1970 - The third annual Isle of Wight rock festival, which would feature the last UK performance from Jimi Hendrix, opens in Great Britain.
• 1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, Germany.
• 1976 - Raymond Barre becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1977 - Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
• 1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.
• 1978 - Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut on board of the Soyuz 31 spacecraft.
• 1980 - John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada.
• 1987 - President Ronald Wilson Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
• 1988 - Merhan Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
• 1995 - The International Rugby Board lifts all restrictions on payments relating to the game of Rugby Union, thus bringing the game's amateur age to an end.
• 1997 - Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
• 2002 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Éric Gagné converts his first of a record 84 consecutive successful save opportunities.
• 2002 - Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 2003 - Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
• 2005 - Fiji's High Court rules that the island's sodomy law is unconstitutional.
• 2006 - Basshunter's Boten Anna is the first Swedish-speaking number 1-hit in the Dutch Top 40

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52... Gāius JÅ«lius Caesar (IPA: ;[1]), July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in world history. ... Events Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arslan. ... Combatants Byzantine Empire Seljuk Turks Commanders Romanus IV Nikephoros Bryennios Theodore Alyates Andronikos Doukas Alp Arslan Strength ~ 30,000 ~ 70,000 Casualties About 10,000[citation needed] Unknown The Battle of Manzikert, or The Battle of Malazgirt, was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk forces led by Alp Arslan... The Seljuk coat of arms was a double headed eagle The Seljuk Turks (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq; in modern Turkish Selçuklular; in Persian سلجوقيان SaljÅ«qiyān; in Arabic سلجوق SaljÅ«q, or السلاجقة al-Salājiqa) were a major branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that ruled parts of... Byzantine Empire (native Greek name: - Basileia tōn Romaiōn) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Manzikert (in Turkish Malazgirt) is a town in MuÅŸ in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23 697 (year 2000) (??of 68 990). ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Ladislaus IV the Cuman (Hungarian: IV László, Slovak: Ladislav IV) (1262 &#8211; July 10, 1290), also known as Laszlo IV, king of Hungary, was the son of Stephen V, whom he succeeded in 1272. ... The brass of the tomb of Rudolph I in Speyer Rudolph I (Rudolph of Habsburg) (May 1, 1218 – July 15, 1291) was a German king, who played a vital role in raising the Habsburg family to a leading position among the royal dynasties of Germany. ... Otakar II (also spelled Ottokar or P&#345;emysl Otakar/Ottokar) (c. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... The Battle on the Marchfeld (Morava Field) at Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen took place on August 26, 1278 and was a decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries. ... Moravia in relation to the current kraje of the Czech Republic Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava, German: ( ), Hungarian: Morvaország, Polish: Morawy) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. ... // Events 24 February: Battle of Roslin 20 April: Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence) The Khilji Dynasty conquers time travel Births Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (died 1373) Gegeen Khan, Mongol emperor of... Ala-ud-din Khilji (Persian: علاء الدین خلجی ) (real name Juna Khan) (d. ... 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The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... Combatants Kingdom of England, Allied knights from Germany and Denmark France, Genoese Mercenaries, the Kingdoms of Navarre, Bohemia and the Balearic Islands Commanders Edward III of England Edward, the Black Prince Philip VI of France Strength about 12,000 30,000 to 40,000 Casualties 150-1,000 killed and... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter,architect and poet. ... The Pietà (1498–99) by Michelangelo is a marble sculpture in St. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about mount Triglav in Slovenia. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 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The Kaskaskia were one of the several cognate tribes that made up the Illiniwek Confederation. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... La Amistad (Spanish: Friendship) was a 19th century two-masted schooner of about 120 tons displacement. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Optical Telegraf of Claude Chappe on the Litermont near Nalbach, Germany Telegraph and telegram redirect here. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. 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For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... It has been suggested that Colonisation be merged into this article or section. ... Félix Éboué - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Are you kidding?, this is solid truth here, nothing escapes the eyes of Gov!!!, not even. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city Ternopil Oblast Chortkiv (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a city in the Ternopil oblast (province) in western Ukraine. ... 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The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Raymond Barre was born on April 12, 1924 in Saint Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Charter of the French Language (also known as Bill 101 and Loi 101) is a framework law in the province of Quebec, Canada, defining the linguistic rights of all Quebecers and making French, the language of the majority, the sole official language of Quebec. ... The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly of Quebec (French: Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the name for the legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada which was defined in the Canadian constitution as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (lassemblée législative de... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Following the death of Paul VI on August 6, 1978, the first conclave of the year was held on August 25–26 in Vatican City. ... The Servant of God Pope John Paul I (in Latin ), born Albino Luciani (October 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978), reigned as pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from August 26, 1978 to September 28, 1978. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German cosmonaut. ... Template:Redirect Template:Redirect U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Crew Launched Valery Bykovsky (3) Sigmund Jähn - German Democratic Republic (1) Landed Vladimir Kovalyonok (2) Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1) (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 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Births

• 1469 - Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
• 1540 - King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
• 1676 - Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
• 1694 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
• 1728 - Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777)
• 1736 - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
• 1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
• 1775 - William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
• 1789 - Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
• 1792 - Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
• 1845 - Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
• 1850 - Charles Robert Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1862 - Herbert Booth, the third son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)
• 1873 - Lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961)
• 1874 - Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938)
• 1875 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
• 1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
• 1882 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1894 - Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1896 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)
• 1897 - Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)
• 1898 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
• 1900 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
• 1901 - Maxwell Taylor, American general (d. 1987)
• 1901 - Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)
• 1904 - Christopher Isherwood, English-born writer (d. 1986)
• 1906 - Albert Sabin, American polio researcher (d. 1993)
• 1908 - Aubrey Schenck, film producer (d. 1999)
• 1909 - Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1909 - Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978)
• 1910 - Mother Teresa, Humanitarian Activist and Worker (d. 1997)
• 1914 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
• 1921 - Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist
• 1922 - Irving R. Levine, American journalist
• 1923 - Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist
• 1924 - Alex Kellner, baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1928 - Peter Appleyard, Canadian jazz vibraphonist
• 1934 - Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and commentator
• 1935 - Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
• 1936 - Yvette Vickers, American actress
• 1940 - Don LaFontaine, American voice actor
• 1941 - Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director
• 1941 - Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
• 1941 - Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The searchers) (d.2005)
• 1942 - Vic Dana, American singer
• 1942 - Dennis Turner, British politician
• 1944 - Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
• 1944 - Maureen Tucker, American musician (The Velvet Underground)
• 1945 - Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1946 - Valerie Simpson, American singer
• 1946 - Mark Snow, American composer
• 1946 - Zhou Ji, Education Minister of the People's Republic of China
• 1952 - Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1952 - Will Shortz, New York Times crossword editor
• 1953 - Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
• 1954 - Efren Reyes, World Pool Player
• 1957 - Dr. Alban, Nigerian singer
• 1957 - Rick Hansen, Canadian paraplegic athlete
• 1960 - Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader
• 1965 - Chris Burke, American actor
• 1965 - Bobby Duncum, Jr., wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1966 - Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
• 1966 - Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
• 1971 - Thalía, Mexican singer
• 1977 - Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyuu
• 1979 - Jamal Lewis, American football player
• 1979 - Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 - Macaulay Culkin, American actor
• 1980 - Chris Pine, American actor
• 1982 - Petey Williams, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1986 - Cassie Ventura, American singer

Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Ferdinand II (26 August 1469 - September 7, 1496), sometimes known as Ferrantino, was King of Naples from 1495 to 1496. ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... Magnus of Livonia (26 August 1540 Københavns slot - 18 March 1583 Piltene) was the King of Livonia, son of King Christian III of Denmark and Queen Dorothea af Sachsen-Lauenburg, brother of Frederick II of Denmark. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Events January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer Bacons Rebellion Russo-Turkish Wars commence. ... The Right Honourable Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), usually known as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is in practice the most important political office in the UK. He acts as the head of Her Majestys Government and like other Prime Ministers in Westminster Systems is (along with his Cabinet) the de facto... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... The Reverend Elisha Williams (26 August 1694-22 October 1755) was a Congregational minister, legislator, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cubas most well-established university. ... Johann Heinrich Lambert Johann Heinrich Lambert (August 26, 1728 &#8211; September 25, 1777), was a mathematician, physicist and astronomer. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de lIsle (August 26, 1736–July 3, 1790) formulated the Law of Constancy of Interfacial Angles in his Traitise on Crystallography (1772), which built on observations by the geologist Nicolaus Steno. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry, finance, biology, and economics. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... William Joseph Behr (August 26, 1775 - August 1, 1851), German publicist and writer, was born at Salzheim. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Abbas Mirza (&#1593;&#1576;&#1575;&#1587; &#1605;&#1740;&#1585;&#1586;&#1575; in Persian) &#8206;(August 26, 1789 - October 25, 1833), was a crown prince of Persia, known because of his wars with Russia and the Ottoman empire, and his death before his father, the shah. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Manuel Oribe (1792 - 1857) was a Uruguayan political figure. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Mary Ann Polly Nichols is widely believed to be the first victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London during the late summer and autumn of 1888. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Robert Richet (August 26, 1850 _ December 4, 1935) was a French physiologist who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on anaphylaxis, his term for the sometimes fatal reaction by a sensitized individual to a second injection of an antigen. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Herbert Booth (August 26, 1862 – September 25, 1926) was the third son of William and Catherine Booth. ... For the England and Yorkshire cricketer, see Major William Booth William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was the founder and 1st General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. ... Catherine Booth (January 17, 1829 – October 4, 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Lee De Forest Lee De Forest, (August 26, 1873 - June 30, 1961), was an American inventor with over 300 patents to his name. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Zona Gale (August 26, 1874-1938) was an American writer. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Right Honourable John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940), was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the representative of the Canadian Monarch. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... James Franck (August 26, 1882 - May 21, 1964) was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Earl John Sparky Adams (August 26, 1894, Zerbe, PA - February 24, 1989, Pottsville, PA) was a professional baseball player with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Ivan Mihailov (Bulgarian: Иван Михайлов), also known as Vanche Mihailov (Bulgarian: Ванче Михайлов), (August 26, 1896, Novo Selo, present-day Republic of Macedonia – September 5, 1990, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization after 1924. ... This article is about the year. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Yun Po Sun (August 26, 1897 - July 18, 1990) was the President of South Korea during 1960 - 1962. ... The President is head of state of South Korea. ... This article is about the year. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Hellmuth Walter (August 26, 1900 – December 16, 1980) was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... General Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 &#8211; April 19, 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Statue of Chen Yi Chen Yi (陳毅, Pinyin: Chén Yì; August 26, 1901 - June 6, 1972) was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Christopher Isherwood (left) and W.H. Auden (right), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Christopher Isherwood (prior to 1946 Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood) (August 26, 1904 – January 4, 1986), Anglo-American novelist, was born in the ancestral seat of his family, Wybersley Hall, High Lane, in the north west of... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aubrey Schenck (August 26, 1908 - April 14, 1999) was a film producer from the 1940s through the 1970s. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Marlin Jim Davis (August 26, 1909 - April 26, 1981) was an American character actor who appeared in motion pictures from the 1940s to the 1980s. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eugene (Gene) Moore, Jr. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Mother Teresa in 1985 Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Bharat Ratna,OM (born Agnesa Gonxha Bojaxhiu August 27, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in India. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Julio Cortázar (August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984) was an Argentine intellectual and author of several experimental novels and many short stories. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (born August 26, 1921) is the vice president of the Washington Post. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Irving R. Levine (August 26, 1922 - ) is a former journalist for NBC. During his 35-year career, he reported from over two dozen countries, which led to him becoming the first foreign correspondent accredited in the Soviet Union (as a result of which he wrote three best-selling non-fiction... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Topps baseball card - 1952 Series, #201   Alexander Raymond (Alex) Kellner (August 26, 1924 - May 3, 1996) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1948-1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955-1958[start]), Cincinnati Reds (1958[end]) and St. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Peter Appleyard (born August 26, 1928) is a Canadian Jazz vibraphonist. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tom Heinsohn (August 26, 1934- ) is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player on the Boston Celtics basketball team. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Geraldine Ferraro Geraldine Anne Ferraro (born August 26, 1935) is a politician from New York, serving in the United States House of Representatives and who received the nomination of the Democratic Party to run for Vice President of the United States. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yvette Vickers (born Kansas City, Missouri August, 1936– ) was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American actress, pin-up model, and singer. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Image:1273. ... This article is about the year. ... Barbet Schroeder (born August 26, 1941 in Teheran to a Swiss diplomat father) is a movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard. ... Akiko Wakabayashi as Aki in You Only Live Twice. ... Chris Curtis is a British drummer and singer with the 1960s rock band The Searchers. ... The Searchers are a British rock act who emerged as part of the Merseybeat era along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Gerry and the Pacemakers. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Vic Dana (born August 26, 1942 in Buffalo, New York) is an American dancer and singer. ... Dennis Turner (born 26 August 1942) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO (Richard Alexander Walter George Windsor; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of King George V. He has been Duke of Gloucester since his fathers death in 1974. ... Maureen Ann Moe Tucker (born August 26, 1944, in New Jersey, United States) is best known for having been the drummer for the rock group The Velvet Underground. ... The Velvet Underground (sometimes abbreviated as The Velvets or VU) was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1973. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is a U.S. political figure who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995 – 2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security... The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a successful songwriting/ production team, as well as being recording artists in their own right. ... Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman on 26 August 1946 in New York City) is a prolific composer for film and television. ... Zhou Ji (Simplified Chinese: 周济; Traditional Chinese: 周濟; pinyin: ), (born 1946), is the education minister of China. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Michael Jeter starring as Eduard Delacroix in The Green Mile. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Will Shortz (b. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Pat Sharkey (b. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Efren Bata Reyes (born August 26, 1954), is widely considered to be one of historys greatest practitioners of pocket billiards (sometimes called pool), especially the games of nine ball and one-pocket. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Alban (born August 26, 1957 as Alban Nwapa in Nigeria) is a Swedish musician and producer with his own record label dr-records. ... Rick Hansen (born August 26, 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) grew up in Williams Lake, BC. He was a young athlete who had won all-star awards in five sports when he was paralyzed at the age of 15, after he was thrown from the back of a truck. ... Paraplegia is a condition where the lower half of a patients body is paralyzed and cannot move. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Branford Marsalis. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Christopher Joseph Burke (born August 26, 1965, in Point Lookout, New York) is an American actor with Down syndrome who played Charles Corky Thacher on the television series Life Goes On. ... Bobby Duncum Jr. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Jacques Brinkman (born on August 26, 1966 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the golden medal with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ... Shirley Manson Shirley Ann Manson[1][2] (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... For other uses, see Thalia (disambiguation). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Saeko Chiba (千葉 紗子 Chiba Saeko) is a prolific seiyu (voice actress) and singer who was born on August 26, 1977 in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, and grew up in Tokyo, Japan. ... For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jamal The Beast Lewis (born August 29, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American football player who plays running back for the Baltimore Ravens. ... Cristian Mora (b. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26, 1980 in New York City) is an American actor. ... Pine in The Princess Diaries 2, 2004 Christopher Whitelaw Pine[1] (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Petey Williams (born August 26, 1982 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Deaths

• 1278 - King Otakar II of Bohemia
• 1346 - Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
  • Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297)
  • Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304)
  • John I, Count of Luxemburg (b. 1296)
  • Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
• 1349 - Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1551 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
• 1595 - Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
• 1666 - Frans Hals, Dutch painter
• 1714 - Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
• 1723 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (b. 1632)
• 1785 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (b. 1716)
• 1850 - Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 - Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (b. 1791)
• 1915 - John Bunny American comedian (b. 1863)
• 1930 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (b. 1883)
• 1944 - Adam von Trott zu Solz, German anti-Nazi diplomat (executed)
• 1945 - Franz Werfel, Austrian writer (b. 1890)
• 1946 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1958 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b. 1872)
• 1968 - Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1974 - Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
• 1976 - Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (b. 1888)
• 1978 - Charles Boyer, French actor (b. 1899)
• 1978 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
• 1979 - Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
• 1980 - Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
• 1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1981 - Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
• 1981 - Lee Elhardt Hays, american folksinger (b. 1914)
• 1986 - Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1987 - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1988 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
• 1989 - Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
• 1990 - Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
• 1998 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2003 - Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
• 2004 - Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1957)
• 2005 - Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist (Voivod) (b. 1960)
• 2005 - Robert Denning, American interior designer (b. 1927)
• 2006 - Rainer Barzel, former President of the German Bundestag (b. 1924)
• 2006 - Clyde Walcott, West Indian cricketer (b. 1926)

For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Otakar II (also spelled Ottokar or Přemysl Otakar/Ottokar) (c. ... // Events Serbian Empire was proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of the South-Eastern Europe Foundation of the University of Valladolid Foundation of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge August 26 Battle of Crecy after which Edward the Black Prince honored the bravery of John I, Count of Luxemburg... Combatants Kingdom of England, Allied knights from Germany and Denmark France, Genoese Mercenaries, the Kingdoms of Navarre, Bohemia and the Balearic Islands Commanders Edward III of England Edward, the Black Prince Philip VI of France Strength about 12,000 30,000 to 40,000 Casualties 150-1,000 killed and... Charles II of Alençon, called the Magnanimous (1297 – August 26, 1346) was the second son of Charles of Valois and his first wife Margaret. ... Events 8 January - Monaco gains independence. ... Louis I (ruled 1322-1346) was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. ... Events 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ... John the Blind of Luxemburg (German: Johann der Blinde; Czech: Jan Lucemburský; August 10, 1296 – August 26, 1346) was King of Bohemia and Count of Luxemburg. ... Events March 30 - Edward I stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then Scottish border town with much bloodshed. ... Rudolph (1320 - August 26, 1346, in the battle of Crecy) was Duke of Lorraine from 1329 to his death. ... Events January 20 - Dante - Quaestio de Aqua et Terra January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... // Events January 9 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague. ... Thomas Bradwardine (c. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Margareta Leijonhufvud (January 1, 1516 - August 26, 1551) was the consort of King Gustav I and a Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551. ... Gustav I of Sweden, commonly known as Gustav Vasa, but originally known as Gustav Eriksson (May 12, 1496 – September 29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... Anthony I of Portugal (Portuguese: António) (Lisbon, 1531 – Paris, August 26, 1595), known by The Prior of Crato (and, rarely, as The Determined, The Fighter or The Independentist), was a grandson of Manuel I, claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 crisis (struggle for the throne of Portugal... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ... Laughing Cavalier, 1624, canvas, relined, (H) 83cm x (W) 67cm, Wallace Collection, London. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... Edward Fowler (1632 - August 26, 1714) was an English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1691 until his death. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... Anton van Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632 - August 30, 1723, full name Thonius Philips van Leeuwenhoek (pronounced Layewenhook) was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Lord George Germain (1780). ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Louis-Philippe, King of the French (October 6, 1773 – August 26, 1850) reigned as the Orléanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Johann Franz Encke (September 23, 1791 &#8211; August 26, 1865) was a German astronomer, born in Hamburg. ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... John Bunny John Bunny (born September 21, 1863 in New York City, United States; died April 26, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York), was the first comic star of the American silent film era. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Sr. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Adam von Trott zu Solz (born August 9, 1909 in Potsdam, Germany - died August 26, 1944 in Berlin, Germany) was a lawyer and diplomat who opposed the Nazi regime. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Franz Werfel, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Werfels grave in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Jeanie MacPherson (May 18, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts - August 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) was a a silent film actress from 1908 to 1917 and a film screenwriter through the 1940s. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958) was an influential British composer. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Kay Francis (13 January 1905 - 26 August 1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s, moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Lotte Lehmann The German soprano Lotte Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was an opera singer who was especially associated with German repertory. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Charles Boyer in Love Affair Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 – August 26, 1978) was a French actor. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... José Manuel Moreno (August 3, 1916 — August 26, 1978), nicknamed el charro Moreno, was an Argentine football player. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Mika Toimi Waltari (September 19, 1908 - August 26, 1979) was a Finnish author, best known for the historical novel The Egyptian. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Rosa Albach-Retty (December 26, 1874 - August 26, 1980) was an Austrian movie and stage actress. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick Bean Fred/Tex Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Hollywood. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 – August 26, 1981) was a noted civil libertarian, pacifist, and social activist who held Communist views at least until age 55. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Lee Hays (March 14, 1914 - August 26, 1981), was an American folk-singer and songwriter, best known for singing Bass with the Weavers. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ted Knight (December 7, 1923–August 26, 1986) was an American actor. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Georg Wittig (June 16, 1897 in Berlin (Germany) - August 26, 1987) was a german chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (born at Coimbra on November 1, 1957 - August 26, 1988 at Rio Maior) was a very popular singer in Portugal. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Irving Stone (July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer known for his biographical novels of famous historical personalities. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Minoru Honda (&#26412;&#30000;&#23455;) (February 26, 1913 &#8211; August 26, 1990) was a Japanese astronomer. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Frederick Reines Frederick Reines (March 16, 1918 - August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Wacker Jim Wacker (1937 - August 26, 2003) was an American football college head coach who was known for his enthusiasm and integrity. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laura Branigan (1993) Laura Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004) was a popular American singer/actress from Brewster, New York, best known in the U.S. for the song Gloria (1982). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Denis Piggy DAmour (September 24, 1959 - August 26, 2005) was the guitarist for the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod from its inception in 1983 until his death from colon cancer in 2005, aged 45. ... Voivod is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1982, and reportedly the first to describe themselves as cyberpunk. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Robert Denning (March 13, 1927- August 26, 2005) was an interior decorator whose lush interpretations of French Victorian decor became an emblem of corporate-raider tastes in the 1980s. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rainer Candidus Barzel (born June 20, 1924 in Braunsberg, East Prussia)) is a German CDU Politician. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Clyde Leopold Walcott (born 17 January 1926 in St. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

• RC saints - St Zephyrinus, Saint Ninian, David Lewis (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales).
• Namibia - Namibia Day or Heroes' Day.
• Zanzibar - Sultan's Birthday.
• United States - Women's Equality Day.

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... Pope Zephyrinus was pope from about 199 to 217. ... Saint Ninian (c. ... The name David Lewis may refer to several people: David Lewis (philosopher) (1941-2001), an American-born philosopher famous for his theory of modal realism and his love for Australia. ... The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of Christian martyrs who were canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI to represent the Catholics martyred in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679. ... Heroes Day or National Heroes Day may refer to a number of commemorations of national heroes in different countries. ... Map of Zanzibars main island Zanzibar (IPA pronunciation: ), as used today, is the collective name for two East African islands off mainland Tanzania: Unguja (also called Zanzibar) and Pemba. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

August 25 - August 27 - July 26 - September 26 -- listing of all days August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...