26 August
Appearance
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The 26t o August is the 238t day o the year (239t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 127 days bidin.
Events
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- 55 BC - Julius Caesar lands in the Sooth-East o Ingland.
- 1346 - Battle o Crécy: Edward III o Ingland defeats Philip VI o Fraunce.
- 1429 - Joan o Arc enters Paris.
- 1542 - Spaingie conquistador Francisco de Orellana an his expedeetion reach the mouth o the Amazon River.
- 1789 - The "Declaration o the Richts o Man an o the Ceetizen" is acceptit bi the French Naitional Assembly at the Palace o Versailles.
- 1821 - The Varsity o Buenos Aires is foondit.
- 1878 - Uyedineniya Island (forby kent as Lonely Island), ane o Roushie's remotest isles, in the Arctic Ocean, is discoverit bi Norse sailor Edvard Holm Johannesen.
- 1883 - Stairt o the final massive eruption o Krakatoa.
- 1920 - Weemen in the Unitit States get the right tae vote.
- 1922 - Japanese cruiser Niitaka sinks in a storm aff the wast coast o Eastren Roushie's Kamchatka peninsula, killin aw 400 on baird.
- 1944 - Warld War II: Bulgarie declares neutrality.
- 1944 - Warld War II: Leeberation o Paris - Charles de Gaulle enters the ceety, as crowds celebrate the leeberation.
- 1966 - The Namibie War o Unthirldom stairts.
- 1972 - The 1972 Simmer Olympics in Munich, then-Wast Germany, begin.
- 1978 - Pape John Paul I is electit.
- 1991 - Iceland is the first kintra tae recognise the unthirldom o the Baltic States, Estonie, Latvie an Lithuanie.
- 2008 - Roushie unilaterally recognises Abkhazie an Sooth Ossetie.
- 2011 - Naoto Kan propales his demission as Prime meenister o Japan.
- 2014 - A ceasefire ends seven weeks o conflict atween Israel an the Gaza Strip.
Births
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- 1676 – Robert Walpole, Breetish Prime Meenister (d. 1745)
- 1743 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
- 1819 – Albert, German-born Prince Consort o Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
- 1875 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scots novelist an poleetician (d. 1940)
- 1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet, playwricht an novelist (d. 1918)
- 1882 – James Franck, German pheesicist (d. 1964)
- 1897 – Yun Posun, Preses o Sooth Korea (d. 1990)
- 1904 – Christopher Isherwood, Inglis writer (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Mither Teresa, Albanian nun (d. 1997)
- 1946 – Don Masson, Scots fitbawer
- 1954 – David Martin, Scots poleetician
- 1966 – Shirley Manson, Scots sangster-sangwriter, memmer o Garbage
- 1967 – Michael Gove, Scots poleetician
- 1970 – Melissa McCarthy, American actress
- 1971 – Thalía, Mexican sangster and actress
- 1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor
- 1980 – Chris Pine, American actor
- 1983 – Nicol David, Malaysie squash player
- 1993 – Keke Palmer, American actress
- 1998 – Kyle Magennis, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 1723 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (b. 1632)
- 1850 – Louis Philippe I o Fraunce (b. 1773)
- 1869 – James Begbie, Scots medicinar (b. 1798)
- 1945 – Franz Werfel, Austrick writer (b. 1890)
- 1958 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Inglis componer (b. 1872)
- 1974 – Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
- 1991 – Willie Thornton, Scots fitbawer (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Frederick Reines, American pheesicist (b. 1918)
Halidays
- Heroes Day (Namibie)
- Weemen's Equality Day (Unitit States)
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