Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 26
This is a list of selected August 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -
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Betty Friedan -
Sigmund Jähn -
Bomb explosion at Harvey's Resort Hotel
Ineligible
- 1810 – Juan José Castelli ordered the execution of Santiago de Liniers, during the Argentine War of Independence.
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Das Lakshana Dharma begins (Digambar Jains, 2017); | refimprove section |
| 1768 – HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook. | refimprove section |
| 1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly. | unreferenced section |
| No direct reference to 26 August | |
| 1883 – A massive eruption destroyed the volcanic island of Krakatoa, ejecting so much ash that average global temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) over the next year. | refimprove section |
| 1970 – Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 20,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality. | refimprove section |
| 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec declared French to be the official language of Quebec. | unreferenced section |
| 1978 – Pope John Paul I was elected as successor of Pope Paul VI. | Pope John Paul already appears on September 28 anyway |
| 1978 – Aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 spacecraft, Sigmund Jähn became the first German in space. | refimprove section |
| 1999 – In response to the Invasion of Dagestan nineteen days prior, Russia launched bombing raids to begin the Second Chechen War. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 683 – Battle of al-Harra was fought between the Syrian army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid I led by Muslim ibn Uqba and the local defenders of Medina, namely the Ansar and Muhajirun factions, who had rebelled against the caliph, at the lava field of Harrat Waqim northeast of Medina.
- 1071 – Byzantine–Seljuq wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
- 1914 – First World War: The German colony of Togoland surrendered to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
- 1928 – At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, a woman found the remains of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, giving rise to the landmark civil action case Donoghue v Stevenson.
- 1966 – The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the South African Border War.
- 1968 – The Beatles released "Hey Jude", which became the then-longest single to top the UK charts.
- 1968 – The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.
- 1980 – Three men planted a bomb, which the FBI later described as the most complex improvised explosive device ever created, at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada.
- 2008 – After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
- Born/died: Arnold Fothergill (b. 1854) · James Franck (b. 1882) · Sue Bailey Thurman (b. 1903) · Katherine Johnson (b. 1918) · Frederick Reines (d. 1998)
Notes
- Invasion of Dagestan appears on August 7, so Chechen War or Abkhazia/South Ossetia should not appear in the same year.
August 26: Eid al-Mubahalah (Shia Islam, 2019), Heroes' Day and Herero Day in Namibia; National Heroes' Day in the Philippines (2019); Women's Equality Day in the United States
- 1346 – Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy (illustration shown).
- 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.
- 1914 – World War I: As the British Expeditionary Force and French Fifth Army began their retreat from Mons, the British II Corps delayed the pursuing Germans at the Battle of Le Cateau long enough for the main force to escape.
- 1955 – Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards.
- 2015 – Two American journalists were murdered on live television while conducting an interview in Moneta, Virginia.
Manuel Abad y Queipo (b. 1751) · Geraldine Ferraro (b. 1935) · Ralph Vaughan Williams (d. 1958)