26 August

Notable Births

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)

Cordae

b. 1997

American rapper (born 1997)

Anthony Duclair

b. 1995

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)

Ranger Suárez

b. 1995

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1995)

Alex Collins (American football)

b. 1994

American football player (1994–2023)

Austin Gunn

b. 1994

American professional wrestler

Keke Palmer

b. 1993

American actress, singer, and television host (born 1993)

Jessie Diggins

b. 1991

American cross-country skier (born 1991)

Dylan O'Brien

b. 1991

American actor (born 1991)

Lorenzo Brown

b. 1990

Spanish basketball player (born 1990)

Irina-Camelia Begu

b. 1990

Romanian tennis player (born 1990)

Mateo Musacchio

b. 1990

Argentine footballer (born 1990)

James Harden

b. 1989

American basketball player (born 1989)

Elvis Andrus

b. 1988

Venezuelan-American baseball player (born 1988)

Evan Ross

b. 1988

American actor and musician (born 1988)

Notable Deaths

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)

Francisco San Diego

d. 2015

Filipino Catholic prelate

Christian Bourquin

d. 2014

French politician

Caroline Kellett

d. 2014

British journalist

John J. Gilligan

d. 2013

American politician, governor of Ohio (1921–2013)

Clyde A. Wheeler

d. 2013

American congressional relations expert, lobbyist, and White House staffer (1921–2013)

Russ Alben

d. 2012

American advertising executive and composer (1929–2012)

Reginald Bartholomew

d. 2012

American diplomat (1936–2012)

Jacques Bensimon

d. 2012

Krzysztof Wilmanski

d. 2012

Polish-German scientist

George Band

d. 2011

English mountain climber

Raimon Panikkar

d. 2010

Spanish-Indian Catholic priest and theologian (1918–2010)

Dominick Dunne

d. 2009

American writer and journalist (1925–2009)

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

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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

1999

Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

Second Chechen War

1998

The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.

Delta III

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1997

Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.

Beni Ali massacre

1993

Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.

Sakha Avia Flight 301

1980

After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.

Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing