On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on August 26:
1676 Sir Robert Walpole (Whig) British PM (1721-42)
1740 Joseph Montgolfier France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1811 Danville Leadbetter Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha husband of queen Victoria (Prince Albert)
1833 Charles Jackson Paine Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 Theodore Washington Brevard Brig General (Confederate Army)
1838 John Wilkes Booth actor/assassin (Pres Lincoln)
1850 Charles Richet French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1873 Lee De Forest Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)
1884 Earl Biggers author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor former US Army chief of staff
1903 Jimmy Rushing US blues singer
1906 Dr Albert B Sabin polio vaccine discoverer
1909 Frank Gasparro Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)
1915 Jim Davis Edgerton Mo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas)
1917 Jan Clayton Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)
1917 William French Smith Attorney General (1981-85)
1921 Benjamin C Bradlee journalist (Wash Post)
1932 Joe H Engle Abilene Ks, Brig Gen USAF/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I)
1935 Geraldine Ferraro (Rep-D-NY) 1st female major-party VP candidate
1942 John E Blaha San Antonio, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, STS 43)
1942 Vic Dana Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts)
1943 Ulf Sundelin Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 Candy Moore Maplewood NJ, actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ)
1948 Valerie Simpson Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock)
1952 John Kinsella USA, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1965 Chris Burke actor with down syndrome (Life Goes On)
1981 Macauley Culkin actor (Home Alone, My Girl)
Deaths which occurred on August 26:
0526 Theodorik the Goth, King of Italy
1278 Ottokar II King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle
1723 Thonis van Leeuwenhoek, biologist/inventor (microscope)
1930 Lon Chaney, actor
1966 Art Baker TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67
1974 Charles Lindbergh dies at 72 in his Hawaiian home
1978 Charles Boyer actor (The Rogues), dies at 78
1981 Roger Nash Baldwin founder of the ACLU, dies
1986 Jennifer Levin strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
1986 Ted Knight actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show), dies at 62
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 DAVIS EDWARD A. MORRISTOWN PA.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV,ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 DAY GEORGE EVERETTE NIAGARA FALLS NY.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 FULLER WILLIAM OTIS HOUSTON TX.
1967 KILCULLEN THOMAS MICHAEL ADELPHI MD.
1971 VENNIK ROBERT N. WYCKOFF NJ.
1972 CORDOVA SAM GARY HUNTINGTON BEACH CA.
[REMAINS RETURNED 12/15/88]
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On this day...
0055 BC- Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Britain
0580 Chinese invent toilet paper
1017 Turks defeat the Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV at Manikert, Eastern Turkey.
1278 Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II
1346 English longbows defeat French in Battle of Crecy
1429 Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
1843 Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
1862 Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson encircles the Union Army under General John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
1873 St.Louis, Missouri First public school for kindergarten in the US was opened
1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
1896 Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
1920 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL
1942 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France
1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
1952 Fluoridation of SF water begins
1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
1957 Ford Motor Company reveals the Edsel, its latest luxury car.
1961 Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
1964 LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ
1968 Thousands of antiwar demonstrators took to Chicago's streets to protest the Vietnam War during the Democratic National Convention.
1971 NY Giant football team announces its leaving the Bronx for NJ in 1975
1972 NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win the NASL championship
1972 Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany
1973 U of Tx (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing
1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, CA, beating a field of 1,500 runners
1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I (dies 34 days later)
1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan
1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
1985 Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs Calif Angels
1985 French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior
1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS
1990 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida
1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
1998 Attorney General Janet Reno asked for a 90-day preliminary investigation into alleged campaign fund-raising phone calls Vice President Gore made from the White House. Such calls would violate a 1883 law.
2001 The Tokyo Kitasuna beat Apopka, Fla., 2-1 to win the Little League championship in South Williamsport, Pa.
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
England, Channel Is, Northern Ireland, Wales : Bank Holiday ( Monday )
Namibia : Namibia Day
US : Women's Equality Day (1973)/Susan B Anthony Day (1920)
Zanzibar : Sultan's Birthday
USA : All You Can Eat Day
National Catfish Month
Religious Observances
Zen-Kyoto Japan Bodhisattva Jizo festival at Daitokuji
RC : Commemoration of St Zephyrinus, pope (198-217), martyr
Religious History
1498 In Rome, Italian artist Michelangelo, 23, was commissioned by Pope Alexander VI to carve the "Pieta" Mary lamenting over the dead body of Jesus, whom she holds across her lap). The work was completed in 1501.
1832 Death of Adam Clarke, 70, English Methodist clergyman. Clarke's name endures primarily for the 8-volume commentary on the Bible which he produced between 1810-26, and still in print today!
1901 The New Testament of the ASV (American Standard Version) Bible was first published. This U.S. edition of the 1881 English Revised Version (ERV) comprised the first major American Bible translation since the King James Version of 1611.
1956 Swedish Christian statesman Dag Hammarskjald recorded in his devotional journal (Markings): 'Bless your uneasiness as a sign that there is still life in you.'
1978 Italian Cardinal Albino Luciani, 65, was elevated to the papacy as John Paul I. His unexpected death only 34 days later left a profound sadness for millions of people who had been drawn to him by his warm personality.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"You're smart when you only believe half of what you hear, Wise is when you know which half to believe."
Translating Southern United States Slang to English...
BARD - verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
Top 10 Difference Between Cats & Dogs...
3. Dogs will sit, lie down, and heel on command.
Cats will smirk and walk away.
Politically Correct Terms for Females...
She is not a bad cook,
she is microwave compatible.
Feel Smarter -- Instantly!...
Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana....The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are.
-- Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show
