August 26
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[edit] Events
- 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain.
- 1498 - Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pietà.
- 1858 - First news dispatch by telegraph.
- 1862 - American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.
- 1883 - Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
- 1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
- 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.
- 1944 - World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
- 1968 - The Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, Germany.
- 1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.
[edit] Births
- 1915 - Emory Burke, White activist and co-founded of The Columbians (d. 2002)
- 1945 - Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security
[edit] Deaths
- 1974 - Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
- 1976 - Douglas Reed, British journalist and author (b. 1895)
