Page 5: Historical Events In August - 26

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

1930  Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47 on August - 26.   

1931  Dane Skerl, composer on this day in history.   

1933  Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km) on this day in history.   

1935  CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks on this day in history.   

1937  Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished on August - 26.   

1937  On August - 26 franco's troops conquer Santander   

1938  Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL on this day in history.   

1938  British leaders & Arabians fight in Palestine on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1944  On this day in history bulgaria announces withdrawal & German troops are to be disarmed   

1945  Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II on this day in history.   

1945  On August - 26 franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet/writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54   

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

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

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  On August - 26 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)   

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 this day in history.   

1955  1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 26 uSSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile   

1958  Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1960  Mark Hambourg, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 26 official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto   

1962  On August - 26 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  On this day in history birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)   

1627  Thomas Bullis, composer was born on August - 26.   

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

1687  On this day in history 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 August - 26 birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1346  On this day in history jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

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  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1518  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  On this day in history death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on August - 26.