Historical Events In August - 26
Friday, 18 September 2020
1860 On this day in history friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71
1863 On this day in history battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
1863 On this day in history john Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies
1865 On this day in history johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
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 On August - 26 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri
1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57
1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee on this day in history.
1875 The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author on this day in history.
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 On this day in history james Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on August - 26.
1883 On this day in history 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 August - 26 earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1885 On August - 26 jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)
1887 On August - 26 luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
1890 On this day in history tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)
1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author on August - 26.
1894 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms on August - 26.
1894 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok on this day in history.
1895 On August - 26 electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
1896 On this day in history armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
1896 On this day in history richard Hammond, composer
1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector on this day in history.
1899 On this day in history rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
1901 Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff on this day in history.
1903 On this day in history phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
1903 Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer on August - 26.
1904 On August - 26 christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)
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