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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