Today in History
26 August
221 births · 106 deaths · 50 events recorded
Notable Births
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Lil Tecca
b. 2002
American rapper (born 2002)
Patrick Williams (basketball)
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Kyren Williams
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Kotoshōhō Yoshinari
b. 1999
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1999)
Charlie Gillespie
b. 1998
Canadian actor and singer (born 1998)
Soyeon
b. 1998
South Korean rapper (born 1998)
Walter Bruno Henning
b. 1908
German linguist (1908–1967)
Arthur James Arnot
b. 1865
Scottish electrical engineer and inventor (1865–1946)
Notable Deaths
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Sven-Göran Eriksson
d. 2024
Swedish football manager (1948–2024)
Sid Eudy
d. 2024
American actor and professional wrestler (1960–2024)
Bob Barker
d. 2023
American media personality (1923–2023)
Joe Ruby
d. 2020
American animator (1933–2020)
Neil Simon
d. 2018
American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018)
Tobe Hooper
d. 2017
American filmmaker (1943–2017)
Amelia Boynton Robinson
d. 2015
American civil rights activist (1905–2015)
P. J. Kavanagh
d. 2015
English poet, lecturer, actor, broadcaster and columnist (1931 – 2015)
On This Day in History
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2023
Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 people dead.
2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting
2021
During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.
2021 Kabul airlift
2018
Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting
2015
Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
2014
The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
2011
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
2009
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, are apprehended.
Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
2003
A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
Beechcraft 1900