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| Birthday August 26, 1676 Sir Robert Walpole, (Whig), British prime minister, 1721-42 |
| Birthday August 26, 1728 Johann Lambert, Swiss mathematician, proved ã is irrational |
| Birthday August 26, 1873 Lee De Forest, invented Audion vacuum (radio) tube in Council Bluffs |
| Birthday August 26, 1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet |
| Birthday August 26, 1885 Jules Romains, French novelist, dramatist, poet (Men of Good Will) |
| Birthday August 26, 1901 Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, former US Army chief of staff |
| Birthday August 26, 1904 Christopher Isherwood, novelist, playwright (I Am a Camera) |
| Birthday August 26, 1906 Dr Albert Sabin, polio vaccine discoverer |
| Birthday August 26, 1914 Julio Cort zar, Argentine writer (We Love Glenda So Much) |
| Birthday August 26, 1917 William French Smith, Former Attorney General |
| Birthday August 26, 1921 Ben Bradlee, journalist (Wash Post) |
| Birthday August 26, 1927 Francois Leydet |
| Birthday August 26, 1932 Joseph H. Engle, X-15 pilot, astronaut (STS-2, 51I) |
| Birthday August 26, 1935 Geraldine Ferraro, (D), 1st female major-party VP candidate |
| Birthday August 26, 1947 Candy Moore, in Maplewood NJ |
| Birthday August 26, 1948 Valerie Simpson, in Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner |
| Birthday August 26, 1952 John Kinsella, swimmer |
| Birthday August 26, 1980 Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin born |
| History August 26, 0055 B.C. Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain. |
| History August 26, 1346 English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr‚cy |
| History August 26, 1346 Battle of Crecy |
| History August 26, 1629 Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders |
| History August 26, 1776 Washington urges Hessians to desert |
| History August 26, 1791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat |
| History August 26, 1794 George Washington writes to Henry Lee |
| History August 26, 1804 Lewis and Clark promote Patrick Gass to sergeant |
| History August 26, 1838 Ralph Waldo Emerson meets Thomas Carlyle |
| History August 26, 1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) |
| History August 26, 1847 Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic. |
| History August 26, 1862 Second Bull Run campaign begins |
| History August 26, 1883 Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions. |
| History August 26, 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec |
| History August 26, 1914 Battle of Tannenberg begins |
| History August 26, 1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg |
| History August 26, 1916 Yanks turn a triple play & beat the Browns 10-6 |
| History August 26, 1920 19th amendment passes -- women's suffrage granted (about time!) |
| History August 26, 1920 19th Amendment adopted |
| History August 26, 1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in S.F. Bay is finished |
| History August 26, 1939 1st major league baseball telecast - Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY) |
| History August 26, 1939 Lights, cameras, baseball |
| History August 26, 1944 DeGaulle enters a free Paris |
| History August 26, 1948 NYC and Philly sizzle in heat wave |
| History August 26, 1952 Fluoridation of SF water begins |
| History August 26, 1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile |
| History August 26, 1957 Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile |
| History August 26, 1959 Mini makes its debut |
| History August 26, 1961 Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto. |
| History August 26, 1962 Mariner 2 launched for 1st planet flyby (Venus) |
| History August 26, 1964 Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president |
| History August 26, 1964 LBJ nominated at the Democratic convention in Atlantic City N.J. |
| History August 26, 1967 Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam |
| History August 26, 1968 Democratic convention besieged by protesters |
| History August 26, 1968 Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago |
| History August 26, 1972 Summer Olympics opened in Munich West Germany. |
| History August 26, 1973 Women's Equality Day |
| History August 26, 1974 Charles Lindbergh dies |
| History August 26, 1974 Charles Lindbergh died at his home in Hawaii at 72. |
| History August 26, 1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 |
| History August 26, 1977 H.A. Rey author of a popular constellation book dies at age 78 |
| History August 26, 1978 Grease movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit |
| History August 26, 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I. Also Soyuz 31 is launched |
| History August 26, 1981 Voyager's closest approach to Saturn enroute to Uranus & Neptune |
| History August 26, 1986 Preppy Murder stuns New York |