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This day in history: 26 August

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360 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 26 August.
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2026: A series of large flash floods and debris flows along the Nepal–Tibet border and the Trishuli River, believed to have been caused by glacier collapse, stuck and destroyed numerous settlements, including the Gyirong checkpoint, and killed ov

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá

Christian feast day: Blessed John Paul I

Christian feast day: Blessed Lavrentia Herasymiv

Christian feast day: Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages

Christian feast day: Mariam Baouardy (Melkite Greek Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Melchizedek

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Częstochowa

Christian feast day: Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus

Christian feast day: Teresa Jornet Ibars

Heroes' Day (Namibia)

Events

2026A series of large flash floods and debris flows along the Nepal–Tibet border and the Trishuli River, believed to have been caused by glacier collapse, stuck and destroyed numerous settlements, including the Gyirong checkpoint, and killed ov

2023Exactly five years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving three people dead.

2021During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.

2018Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

2015Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

2014The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.

2011The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

2009Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, are apprehended.

2003A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.

1999Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

1998The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.

1997Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.

1993Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.

1981Aeropesca Flight 221 crashes in Colombia's Huila Department, killing all 50 people on board.

1980After 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.

1978Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.

1977The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.

1972The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.

1970The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.

1969Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.

1966The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.

1944World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.

1942The 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.

1940World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.

1936Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved.

1922Greco-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.

1920The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.

1914World 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.

1914World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I.

1883The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.

1863The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposes the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.

1849President 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.

1833The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, killing a total of 500 people.

1814Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.

1813War 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).

1810The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.

1791John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.

1789The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.

1778The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.

1768Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour, starting his first voyage of discovery.

Born on this day

2006Victoria Mboko, Canadian tennis player

2002Lil Tecca, American rapper

2001Patrick Williams, American basketball player

2000Kyren Williams, American football player

1999Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler

1999Naz Reid, American basketball player

1999Rosa, former sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium

1998Charlie Gillespie, Canadian actor and singer

1998Jeon Soyeon, Korean rapper and record producer

1997Cordae, American rapper

1995Anthony Duclair, Canadian ice hockey player

1995Ranger Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player

1994Alex Collins, American football player (died 2023)

1994Austin Gunn, American professional wrestler

1993Keke Palmer, American actress and singer

1991Dylan O'Brien, American actor

1991Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier

1990Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player

1990Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player

1988Danielle Savre, American actress

1988Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player

1988Evan Ross, American actor

1988Lars Stindl, German footballer

1988Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player

1986Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model

1986Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer

1986Saint Jhn, Guyanese-American rapper, singer, and songwriter

1986Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer

1985Hugo Duminil-Copin, French mathematician (Fields Medal 2022)

1985Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete

1983Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver

1983Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer

1983Nicol David, Malaysian squash player

1982Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer

1982John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer

1981Sebastian Bönig, German footballer

1981Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer

1981Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer

1980Chris Pine, American actor

1980Macaulay Culkin, American actor

Died on this day

2026Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (born 1941)

2024Sid Eudy, American actor and professional wrestler (born 1960)

2024Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1948)

2023Bob Barker, American television game show host (born 1923)

2020Joe Ruby, American animator (born 1933)

2018Neil Simon, American playwright and author (born 1927)

2017Tobe Hooper, American film director (born 1943)

2015Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905)

2015Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939)

2015Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935)

2015P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931)

2015Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952)

2014Caroline Kellett, English journalist (born 1960)

2014Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (born 1954)

2014Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)

2014Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1950)

2013Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (born 1954)

2013Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (born 1921)

2013Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (born 1922)

2013Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)

2013John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (born 1921)

2012Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (born 1943)

2012Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1940)

2012Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1936)

2012Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (born 1929)

2011George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (born 1929)

2011John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (born 1949)

2011Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (born 1935)

2010Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (born 1918)

2009Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

Quote of the day

“Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.”

Seneca

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