Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
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
- 1429 –Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
- 1748 –The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1768 –Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
- 1789 –The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
- 1813 –War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
- 1821 –The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is oficially opened.
- 1914 –World War I: the British Expeditionary Force fights a rear-guard action at the Battle of Le Cateau that briefly checks the German advance.
- 1957 –The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM – a “super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket . . . a few days ago,” according to the Soviet news agency, ITAR-TASS.
- 1978 –Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31.
- 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?
- 1789 –Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
- 1819 –Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
- 1906 –Albert Sabin, American polio researcher (d. 1993)
- 1931 –Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)
- 1941 –Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (d. 2005)
- 1975 –Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player
- 1979 –Yağmur Sarıgül, Turkish Musician (maNga)
- 1985 –Brandon McDonald, American football player
- 1988 –Danielle Savre, American actress
- 1993 –Keke Palmer, American actress
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