Event:
The University of Liberia reports the all 25,000 applicants to the University failed their admissions test because they lacked enthusiasm and didn't know basic English
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