Historical Events In August - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 On August - 26 john Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies
1865 Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 on August - 26.
1869 On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54
1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] on August - 26.
1873 On August - 26 the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.
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 On this day in history 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 On August - 26 -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
1884 On this day in history earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) on this day in history.
1887 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1894 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms on this day in history.
1894 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok on this day in history.
1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on August - 26.
1896 On August - 26 armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
1896 Richard Hammond, composer on August - 26.
1898 On this day in history peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector
1899 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history 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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