Event:
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
More Notable Events on August 26:
1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich, West Germany
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention
1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins
1920 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted
1843 Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
