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August 26, 2000 WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 August 26, 1995 Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan August 26, 1995 Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval August 26, 1992 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances August 26, 1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 August 26, 1990 2 slain college students found in Gainesville, Florida August 26, 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Northgate Golf Classic August 26, 1990 Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs August 26, 1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st U.S. team since 1983 to win Little League WS August 26, 1987 Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games August 26, 1986 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38) August 26, 1985 Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels August 26, 1985 French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior August 26, 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic August 26, 1984 Tatyana Kazankina of U.S.S.R. sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad August 26, 1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record) August 26, 1982 NASA launches Telesat-F August 26, 1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission August 26, 1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan August 26, 1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick August 26, 1979 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 26, 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I August 26, 1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6 August 26, 1977 Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77 August 26, 1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal August 26, 1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 August 26, 1973 David Eisenhower writes his last sports column August 26, 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open August 26, 1973 University of Texas (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing August 26, 1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners August 26, 1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR August 26, 1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros August 26, 1972 N.Y. Cosmos beat St. Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship August 26, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 26, 1971 Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia August 26, 1971 New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975 August 26, 1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game August 26, 1967 Beatles, Mick Jagger and Marienne Faithful meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi August 26, 1967 Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland August 26, 1967 Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam August 26, 1966 Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs August 26, 1966 KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting August 26, 1964 Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman August 26, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention August 26, 1963 W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy August 26, 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open August 26, 1962 Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits Kansas City A's, 1-0 August 26, 1961 Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto August 26, 1957 U.S.S.R. announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile August 26, 1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting August 26, 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Denver Golf Open August 26, 1956 Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from KC August 26, 1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) August 26, 1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins August 26, 1951 Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart August 26, 1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1) August 26, 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat) August 26, 1946 George Orwell published "Animal Farm" August 26, 1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II August 26, 1944 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed August 26, 1944 De Gaulle marches to Champs-Elysees August 26, 1944 U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris August 26, 1942 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France August 26, 1942 Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay August 26, 1942 Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow August 26, 1942 Transport nr 24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 26, 1940 RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk August 26, 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York) August 26, 1939 Belgium mobilizes August 26, 1939 Kroatia gets autonomous status August 26, 1938 British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine August 26, 1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL August 26, 1937 Franco's troops conquer Santander August 26, 1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished August 26, 1935 CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks August 26, 1933 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km) August 26, 1930 Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record August 26, 1929 1st U.S. roller coaster built August 26, 1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed August 26, 1920 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted August 26, 1920 Percy Fender (Surrey vs. Northants) scores 100 in 35 mins August 26, 1918 W Smith and F Bacons "Lightnin'," premieres in New York City August 26, 1916 Philadelphia A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0 August 26, 1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6 August 26, 1915 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia August 26, 1914 Russian army atacks Austrian army in Galicia August 26, 1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army August 26, 1913 33rd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61) August 26, 1912 32nd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats W F Johnson (36 26 62 64 62) August 26, 1912 Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends August 26, 1909 Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 and 13-67 for Middlesex vs. Gloucs August 26, 1909 Middlesex beat Gloucs (Bristol) by Inn and 31 in a single day August 26, 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec August 26, 1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game August 26, 1896 Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople August 26, 1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam August 26, 1894 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms August 26, 1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 August 26, 1873 1st kindergarten public school opens in St. Louis August 26, 1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) August 26, 1846 Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres August 26, 1846 W A Bartlett appointed 1st U.S. mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) August 26, 1843 Charles Thurber patents a typewriter August 26, 1794 French troops occupy Lock August 26, 1791 John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat August 26, 1745 England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty August 26, 1652 Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter August 26, 1648 People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin August 26, 1641 West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola August 26, 1634 Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants August 26, 1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate August 26, 1549 Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels August 26, 1545 Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese, duke of Parma August 26, 1541 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary August 26, 1346 Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle August 26, 1278 Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II August 26, 580 Chinese invents toilet paper |