August 26
55 B.C. - Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain, with only limited success.
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 tsunamis that killed at least 36,000 people.
1910 - Thomas Edison demonstrated for reporters an improved version of his Kinetophone, a device for showing a movie with synchronized sound.
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.
1957 - The Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
1958 - Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.
1968 - The Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that 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 Ocean, died.
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected pope and took the name John Paul I as he became the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. (However, he died just over one month later.)
1985 - 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home -- school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person.
2017 - Hurricane Harvey spun into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain.
2017 - Spotify said Taylor Swift had set a new global first-day streaming record with more than 8 million same-day streams for Swift’s new single, “Look What You Made Me Do.”
2020 - 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested in Illinois in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of another during a third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. (Rittenhouse, who said he was defending himself after the three men attacked him, would be acquitted on all charges, including homicide.)
2021 - The Supreme Court allowed evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Birthdays
22 - Brady Reiter (actress)
24 - Charlie Gillespie (actor)
29 - Keke Palmer (actress)
31 - Dylan O'Brien (actor)
33 - James Harden (basketball player)
34 - Danielle Savre (actress)
34 - Evan Ross (actor)
36 - Cassie Ventura (singer)
37 - Brian Kelley (singer)
38 - Johnny Ray Gill (actor)
40 - John Mulaney (actor/comedian)
42 - Chris Pine (actor)
42 - Macaulay Culkin (actor)
46 - Mike Colter (actor)
48 - Meredith Eaton (actor)
51 - Thalia (singer)
52 - Melissa McCarthy (actress)
56 - Shirley Manson (actress/singer)
57 - Chris Burke (actor)
62 - Branford Marsalis (musician)
63 - Stan Van Gundy (basketball coach)
66 - Brett Cullen (actor)
71 - Bill Whitaker (broadcast journalist)
73 - Bob Cowsill (singer)
77 - Valerie Simpson (singer)
82 - Vic Dana (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 26
1938 - The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL.
1939 - The first televised MLB game was broadcast: a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.
1947 - Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league baseball.
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.
1985 - Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles knocks in nine RBIs in a game against the California Angels.
2004 - The United States defeats Brazil 2-1 to win the gold medal in women's soccer at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
2012 - Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander, won the Canadian Women’s Open to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history and only the fifth amateur champion.
2012 - Japan limited Tennessee’s potent lineup to two hits in a 12-2 victory in the Little League World Series title game.
2016 - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the national anthem at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium while playing against the San Diego Chargers, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the United States.
2017 - Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat UFC fighter Conor McGregor in a boxing match in Las Vegas that was stopped by the referee in the 10th round; it was the last fight of Mayweather’s career and earned him an estimated $200 million.
2020 - The Milwaukee Bucks forfeit their NBA playoff game after the shooting of Jacob Blake; the NBA would eventually move in to postpone multiple playoff games over the event.
55 B.C. - Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain, with only limited success.
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 tsunamis that killed at least 36,000 people.
1910 - Thomas Edison demonstrated for reporters an improved version of his Kinetophone, a device for showing a movie with synchronized sound.
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.
1957 - The Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
1958 - Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.
1968 - The Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that 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 Ocean, died.
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected pope and took the name John Paul I as he became the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. (However, he died just over one month later.)
1985 - 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home -- school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person.
2017 - Hurricane Harvey spun into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain.
2017 - Spotify said Taylor Swift had set a new global first-day streaming record with more than 8 million same-day streams for Swift’s new single, “Look What You Made Me Do.”
2020 - 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested in Illinois in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of another during a third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. (Rittenhouse, who said he was defending himself after the three men attacked him, would be acquitted on all charges, including homicide.)
2021 - The Supreme Court allowed evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Birthdays
22 - Brady Reiter (actress)
24 - Charlie Gillespie (actor)
29 - Keke Palmer (actress)
31 - Dylan O'Brien (actor)
33 - James Harden (basketball player)
34 - Danielle Savre (actress)
34 - Evan Ross (actor)
36 - Cassie Ventura (singer)
37 - Brian Kelley (singer)
38 - Johnny Ray Gill (actor)
40 - John Mulaney (actor/comedian)
42 - Chris Pine (actor)
42 - Macaulay Culkin (actor)
46 - Mike Colter (actor)
48 - Meredith Eaton (actor)
51 - Thalia (singer)
52 - Melissa McCarthy (actress)
56 - Shirley Manson (actress/singer)
57 - Chris Burke (actor)
62 - Branford Marsalis (musician)
63 - Stan Van Gundy (basketball coach)
66 - Brett Cullen (actor)
71 - Bill Whitaker (broadcast journalist)
73 - Bob Cowsill (singer)
77 - Valerie Simpson (singer)
82 - Vic Dana (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 26
1938 - The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL.
1939 - The first televised MLB game was broadcast: a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.
1947 - Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league baseball.
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.
1985 - Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles knocks in nine RBIs in a game against the California Angels.
2004 - The United States defeats Brazil 2-1 to win the gold medal in women's soccer at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
2012 - Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander, won the Canadian Women’s Open to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history and only the fifth amateur champion.
2012 - Japan limited Tennessee’s potent lineup to two hits in a 12-2 victory in the Little League World Series title game.
2016 - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the national anthem at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium while playing against the San Diego Chargers, objecting to racial injustice and police brutality in the United States.
2017 - Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat UFC fighter Conor McGregor in a boxing match in Las Vegas that was stopped by the referee in the 10th round; it was the last fight of Mayweather’s career and earned him an estimated $200 million.
2020 - The Milwaukee Bucks forfeit their NBA playoff game after the shooting of Jacob Blake; the NBA would eventually move in to postpone multiple playoff games over the event.
