Historical Events In August - 26
Monday, 14 June 2021
1860 On this day in history friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71
1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) on August - 26.
1863 John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies on August - 26.
1865 Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1869 On August - 26 henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54
1870 On this day in history aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]
1873 The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO on August - 26.
1873 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri on August - 26.
1873 On this day in history lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)
1873 Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 on August - 26.
1874 On August - 26 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
1875 The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author on August - 26.
1875 On this day in history john Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)
1880 On August - 26 guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)
1882 James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) on this day in history.
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.
1883 On August - 26 the Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.
1883 -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1885 On this day in history jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)
1887 On August - 26 luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
1890 Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's) on this day in history.
1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author on August - 26.
1894 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms on this day in history.
1894 On August - 26 pPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok
1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on August - 26.
1896 On this day in history armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
1896 On August - 26 richard Hammond, composer
1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector on this day in history.
1899 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter on this day in history.
1901 On August - 26 gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
1903 On this day in history phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
1903 Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer on this day in history.
1904 On this day in history christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)
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