Historical Events for 26th August 2023

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1545 - Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma
1912 - MLB pitcher Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends
1920 - Surrey cricket all-rounder Percy Fender scores 100 in 35 minutes [113no] in a county match vs Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton
1940 - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor
1942 - 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France
1971 - Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
1973 - David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
1992 - Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 3 storm after causing deaths and severe damage in Florida
2015 - WDBJ TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward are fatally shot live on TV by an ex-colleague in Moneta, Virginia
2018 - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigns after losing Liberal Party leadership contest

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