August 26

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2019

Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund donated $5 million in the battle against Amazon rainforest fires that were devastating the area.

2019

Indonesia announced they plan to move their capital city from Jakarta to Borneo.

2018

Video gamer David Katz shot two people dead, injured nine then committed suicide at an NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

2017

Hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of Barcelona due to a terrorist attack.

2014

Burger King agreed to buy out the donut chain Tim Hortons for $11 billion.

1998

Shortly after liftoff, the first US Air Force Delta III rocket failed and was blown up mid-air.

1994

Britain fitted the first-ever battery-operated heart in the first operation of its kind.

1968

The Beatles released one of their all-time hits, Hey Jude, in the US.

1944

Charles de Gaulle marched with his entourage to Notre Dame in Paris to celebrate the city’s liberation the day before.

1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving women the right to vote.

1895

The first electric power was generated at Niagara Falls.

1778

Four men became the first recorded climbers to complete a successful ascent of Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak.

1498

Michelangelo was commissioned to create his sculpture Pietà.

1346

The Battle of Crécy occurred when the French army attacked the English army while they traversed northern France.