August 26
Today is the 239th day of 2016, there are 127 days left in the year.
1847 - Liberia was proclaimed in independent republic.
1883 - The island volcano Krakatoa began cataclysmic eruptions, leading to a massive explosion the following day.
1910 - Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in 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 that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1968 - The Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event was marked by a bloody police crackdown on anti-war protesters in the streets and a tumultuous nominating process that resulted in the choice of Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
1974 - Aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh died at age 72.
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I. (He died one month later.)
1986 - In the so-called "preppie murder case", 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York's Central Park. (Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 15 years in prison.)
2003 - Investigators concluded that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did.
Birthdays
23 - Keke Palmer (actress)
23 - Claire Blackwelder (actress)
25 - Dylan O'Brien (actor)
27 - James Harden (basketball player)
28 - Evan Ross (actor)
30 - Cassie Ventura (R&B singer)
31 - David Price (baseball player)
31 - Brian Kelley (country singer)
36 - Chris Pine (actor)
36 - Macaulay Culkin (actor)
36 - Neeru Bajwa (actress)
45 - Thalia (singer)
46 - Melissa McCarthy (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 26
1903 - The Philadelphia Phillies walk 17 Brooklyn Dodgers in a game.
1938 - The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL.
1939 - Major League Baseball was televised for the first time when experimental station W2XBS broadcast a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1947 - Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league history.
1961 - The Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto.
1971 - The New York Giants announce they are leaving their home in the Bronx for a new stadium in New Jersey in 1975.
1972 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Munich, West Germany.
2002 - The first video streaming coverage of a Major League Baseball game takes place on the Internet. Approximately 30,000 fans visit MLB.com to see the New York Yankees defeat the Texas Rangers 10-3.
Today is the 239th day of 2016, there are 127 days left in the year.
1847 - Liberia was proclaimed in independent republic.
1883 - The island volcano Krakatoa began cataclysmic eruptions, leading to a massive explosion the following day.
1910 - Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in 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 that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1968 - The Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event was marked by a bloody police crackdown on anti-war protesters in the streets and a tumultuous nominating process that resulted in the choice of Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
1974 - Aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh died at age 72.
1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I. (He died one month later.)
1986 - In the so-called "preppie murder case", 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York's Central Park. (Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 15 years in prison.)
2003 - Investigators concluded that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did.
Birthdays
23 - Keke Palmer (actress)
23 - Claire Blackwelder (actress)
25 - Dylan O'Brien (actor)
27 - James Harden (basketball player)
28 - Evan Ross (actor)
30 - Cassie Ventura (R&B singer)
31 - David Price (baseball player)
31 - Brian Kelley (country singer)
36 - Chris Pine (actor)
36 - Macaulay Culkin (actor)
36 - Neeru Bajwa (actress)
45 - Thalia (singer)
46 - Melissa McCarthy (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 26
1903 - The Philadelphia Phillies walk 17 Brooklyn Dodgers in a game.
1938 - The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL.
1939 - Major League Baseball was televised for the first time when experimental station W2XBS broadcast a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1947 - Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league history.
1961 - The Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto.
1971 - The New York Giants announce they are leaving their home in the Bronx for a new stadium in New Jersey in 1975.
1972 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Munich, West Germany.
2002 - The first video streaming coverage of a Major League Baseball game takes place on the Internet. Approximately 30,000 fans visit MLB.com to see the New York Yankees defeat the Texas Rangers 10-3.
