What happened this day in history August 26

What are the important events that happened on August 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 26 is the 239th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 13, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,743,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 156 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,266 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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August 26 Historical Events

  • 1429
    Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
  • 1498
    Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
  • 1768
    Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
  • 1791
    John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  • 1818
    Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
  • 1914
    World War I: the British Expeditionary Force fights a rear-guard action at the Battle of Le Cateau that briefly checks the German advance.
  • 1942
    Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
  • 1944
    World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  • 1980
    John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, US.
  • 2011
    The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA

Who were born on August 26?

  • 1775
    William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
  • 1874
    Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938)
  • 1908
    Bill Hunt, Australian cricketer (d. 1983)
  • 1914
    Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
  • 1922
    Irving R. Levine, American journalist (d. 2009)
  • 1923
    Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist
  • 1947
    Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor
  • 1975
    Momar Njie, Gambian footballer
  • 1975
    Tyler Connolly, Canadian singer
  • 1977
    Morris Peterson, American basketball player

Who died on August 26?

  • 1346
    Killed in the Battle of Crécy: John of Bohemia (b. 1296)
  • 1595
    Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
  • 1666
    Frans Hals, Dutch painter (b. c. 1580)
  • 1714
    Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
  • 1810
    Santiago de Liniers, viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
  • 1865
    Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (b. 1791)
  • 1908
    Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (b. 1837)
  • 1958
    Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b. 1872)
  • 1990
    Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
  • 2010
    Raimon Panikkar, Catalan philosopher (b. 1918)

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