Event:
Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969
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