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, 2024 is the 239th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
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
- 1346 –Hundred Years’ War: the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
- 1748 –The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1778 –The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
- 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).
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
- 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 –Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
- 1980 –John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, US.
Who were born on August 26?
- 1676 –Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
- 1900 –Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
- 1909 –Eric Davies, South African cricketer (d. 1976)
- 1910 –Mother Teresa, Macedonian-born Indian missionary; Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d. 1997)
- 1921 –Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1994)
- 1932 –Luis Salvadores, Chilean basketball player
- 1944 –Stephen Greif, English actor
- 1959 –Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach
- 1974 –Kelvin Cato, American basketball player
- 1978 –Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer
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