Event:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a conference in Minsk to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine; Putin agreed to support peace, while Poroshenko promised to develop cease-fire plans
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
