Historical Events In August - 26

1930  On August - 26 joe Solomon, cricketer (WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt v Aust)   

1930  On this day in history lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47   

1931  On this day in history dane Skerl, composer   

1933  On August - 26 jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)   

1935  CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks on August - 26.   

1937  Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished on this day in history.   

1937  On August - 26 franco's troops conquer Santander   

1938  On this day in history montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL   

1938  On this day in history british leaders & Arabians fight in Palestine   

1939  New York station WXBS makes the first TV broadcast of a baseball doubleheader (Cincinnati Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers) on August - 26.   

1939  On August - 26 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY)   

1940  On this day in history rKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk   

1942  On this day in history 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France   

1942  On this day in history 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France   

1944  Bulgaria announces withdrawal & German troops are to be disarmed on August - 26.   

1945  On August - 26 japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II   

1945  Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet/writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54 on August - 26.   

1946  On August - 26 george Orwell published "Animal Farm"   

1947  1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat) on August - 26.   

1948  On August - 26 oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara), dies at 50   

1949  Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70 on August - 26.   

1950  39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1) on this day in history.   

1951  On August - 26 canadian railways adopt the Uniform Code of Operating Rules for train operation purposes.   

1951  On August - 26 jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart   

1952  Fluoridation of SF water begins on August - 26.   

1955  1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) on August - 26.   

1956  On August - 26 kREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting   

1957  On August - 26 ford introduces the Edsel automobile.(Bad move)   

1957  The USSR announces its first successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on this day in history.   

1957  USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 26 ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85   

1960  On August - 26 mark Hambourg, composer, dies at 81   

1961  Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto on August - 26.   

1962  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open   

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1469  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)   

1540  On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)   

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on August - 26.   

1627  On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer   

1676  On August - 26 birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

1687  On August - 26 birth of willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)   

1694  Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on August - 26.   

1726  On this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  On August - 26 ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1349  On August - 26 death of thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on August - 26.   

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

1518  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on this day in history.   

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on August - 26.   

1572  On this day in history death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)