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Day Of The Week: August 26
August 26, 2025 is the 238th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 26
- 55 –Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Great Britain.
- 1303 –Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
- 1466 –A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered.
- 1498 –Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
- 1768 –Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
- 1883 –The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
- 1940 –Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France’s first black colonial governor.
- 1942 –Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
- 1999 –Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
- 2011 –The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA
Who were born on August 26?
- 1890 –Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (d. 1970)
- 1908 –W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)
- 1926 –Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian Violinist
- 1942 –Dennis Turner, British politician
- 1944 –Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, British prince
- 1956 –Brett Cullen, American actor
- 1965 –Carolina Arregui, Chilean actress
- 1977 –Liam Botham, British cricketer and rugby player
- 1979 –Rubén Pazos, Spanish footballer
- 1981 –Petey Williams, Canadian professional wrestler
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