Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 26
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -
An engraving on the Battle of Crécy -
Clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention -
Battle of Manzikert -
Juan José Castelli -
Eruption of Krakatoa -
Betty Friedan -
Battle of Crécy -
Bomb explosion at Harvey's Resort Hotel after a failed disarming -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Das Lakshana Dharma begins (Digambar Jains, 2017); | refimprove section |
| Herero Day | hobby website sources |
| 1768 – HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook. | Multiple uncited paragraphs. |
| 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 |
| 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. | unreferenced section |
| 1999 – In response to the Invasion of Dagestan nineteen days prior, Russia launched bombing raids to begin the Second Chechen War. | unreferenced section |
| Humilis of Bisignano |b|1582| | Birthday not cited |
| Manuel Abad y Queipo |b|1751| | Many cn tags |
Eligible
- 683 – Second Fitna: The Battle of al-Harra was fought between Umayyad forces and the rebel defenders of Medina at a lava field northeast of the city.
- 1071 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
- 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.
- 1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (pictured), defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 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.
- 1940 – The 1940 New England hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.
- 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.
- 1959 – The Coatzacoalcos earthquake struck near the Mexican state of Veracruz, killing 25 people.
- 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 (pictured) between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.
- 1980 – A bomb was planted at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, which the FBI later described as the most complex improvised explosive device ever created.
- 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| Zona Gale |b|1874| James Franck |b|1882| Sue Bailey Thurman |b|1903| Katherine Johnson |b|1918| Barbara Toomer |b|1929| Sophia Parnok |d|1933| Efren Reyes |b|1954| Ralph Vaughan Williams |d|1958| Reginald Judson |d|1972| Charles Lindbergh |d|1974| Tex Avery |d|1980| Frederick Reines |d|1998| Amelia Boynton Robinson |d|2015|
Notes
- Invasion of Dagestan appears on August 7, so Chechen War or Abkhazia/South Ossetia should not appear in the same year.
August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States
Sigmund Jähn
- 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.
- 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.
- 1970 – Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 50,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.
- 1978 – Aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 spacecraft, Sigmund Jähn (pictured) became the first German in space.
- 2015 – Two American journalists were murdered on live television while conducting an interview in Moneta, Virginia.
- Geraldine Ferraro (b. 1935)
- David Hurley (b. 1953)
- Mildred Albert (d. 1991)
- Sven-Göran Eriksson (d. 2024)