August 26
1847 - Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
1883 - A massive volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa blew up most of the island and resulted in a tsunami that killed over 36,000 people.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, went into effect.
1944 - French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation.
1958 - Alaskans went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for statehood.
1968 - The Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event resulted in the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey for president was marked by a bloody police crackdown on antiwar protesters in the streets.
1974 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic, died.
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciana of Venice became Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I. (He would die one month later.)
1980 - The FBI inadvertently detonated a bomb planted at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada while attempting to disarm it. (The hotel had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.)
1985 - Thirteen-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began "attending" classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indianus via a telephone hook-up at his home, as school officials barred White from attending classes in person due to his illness.
2009 - Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California after being missing for more than 18 years.
2022 - An affidavit released by the FBI showed that 14 of the 15 boxes recovered from President Donald Trump's Florida estate contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence.
Birthdays
27 - Mae Muller (singer)
31 - Keke Palmer (actress)
33 - Dylan O'Brien (actor)
35 - James Harden (basketball player)
36 - Danielle Savre (actress)
38 - Cassie Ventura (singer)
39 - Brian Kelly (singer)
42 - John Mulaney (actor/comedian)
44 - Chris Pine (actor)
44 - Macaulay Culkin (actor)
53 - Thalia (singer)
54 - Melissa McCarthy (actress)
58 - Shirley Manson (actress/singer)
73 - Bill Whitaker (journalist)
78 - Valerie Simpson (singer)
112 - John Tinniswood (world's oldest living man)
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Today in Sports History - August 26
1938 - The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL.
1939 - The first televised Major League Baseball game aired: a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.
1961 - The International Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto opened. The project had been approved on September 11, 1943.
1971 - Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth $1 million, the first million dollar contract in NHL history.
1972 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Munich, West Germany.
1985 - Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles records nine RBIs in a game against the California Angels.
1990 - Bo Jackson of the Kansas City Royals hits four home runs in four consecutive at-bats.
2004 - The United States women's soccer team defeats Brazil 2-1 to win the gold medal at the Athens Summer Olympic Games.
2020 - The Milwaukee Bucks elect to forfeit their NBA playoff game after the shooting of Jacob Blake; the NBA then decided to postpone more games as a result.
1847 - Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
1883 - A massive volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa blew up most of the island and resulted in a tsunami that killed over 36,000 people.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, went into effect.
1944 - French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation.
1958 - Alaskans went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for statehood.
1968 - The Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event resulted in the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey for president was marked by a bloody police crackdown on antiwar protesters in the streets.
1974 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic, died.
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciana of Venice became Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I. (He would die one month later.)
1980 - The FBI inadvertently detonated a bomb planted at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada while attempting to disarm it. (The hotel had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.)
1985 - Thirteen-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began "attending" classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indianus via a telephone hook-up at his home, as school officials barred White from attending classes in person due to his illness.
2009 - Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California after being missing for more than 18 years.
2022 - An affidavit released by the FBI showed that 14 of the 15 boxes recovered from President Donald Trump's Florida estate contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence.
Birthdays
27 - Mae Muller (singer)
31 - Keke Palmer (actress)
33 - Dylan O'Brien (actor)
35 - James Harden (basketball player)
36 - Danielle Savre (actress)
38 - Cassie Ventura (singer)
39 - Brian Kelly (singer)
42 - John Mulaney (actor/comedian)
44 - Chris Pine (actor)
44 - Macaulay Culkin (actor)
53 - Thalia (singer)
54 - Melissa McCarthy (actress)
58 - Shirley Manson (actress/singer)
73 - Bill Whitaker (journalist)
78 - Valerie Simpson (singer)
112 - John Tinniswood (world's oldest living man)
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Today in Sports History - August 26
1938 - The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL.
1939 - The first televised Major League Baseball game aired: a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.
1961 - The International Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto opened. The project had been approved on September 11, 1943.
1971 - Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth $1 million, the first million dollar contract in NHL history.
1972 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Munich, West Germany.
1985 - Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles records nine RBIs in a game against the California Angels.
1990 - Bo Jackson of the Kansas City Royals hits four home runs in four consecutive at-bats.
2004 - The United States women's soccer team defeats Brazil 2-1 to win the gold medal at the Athens Summer Olympic Games.
2020 - The Milwaukee Bucks elect to forfeit their NBA playoff game after the shooting of Jacob Blake; the NBA then decided to postpone more games as a result.