Today in History for 26th August 2026

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Historical Events

1903 - Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
1990 - Two murdered college students are found in Gainesville, Florida
2013 - All 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their university entrance examination
2020 - At least 100 people are killed in flash floods in the city of Charikar, Afghanistan, with 500 houses destroyed
2025 - American pop superstar Taylor Swift (35) and American NFL football player Travis Kelce (35) reveal their marriage engagement in social media post, garnering 1.2 million 'likes' in under 10 minutes

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Famous Birthdays

1808 - Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Claiborne County, Mississippi (d. 1882)
1908 - Walter Bruno Henning, German scholar and linguist specializing in Iranian languages, born in Ragnit, East Prussia, German Empire (d. 1967)
1941 - Barbet Schroeder, Iranian-Swiss director (Barfly, Single White Female, More), born in Tehran, Iran
1962 - Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney, born in Evanston and Illinois
1977 - Saeko Chiba, Japanese singer and voice actor (Chrono Crusade, Code Geass), born in Tokyo, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1849 - Jacques- Féréol Mazas, French composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 66
1863 - John Bz. Floyd, American Governor (Virginia), Secretary of War (1857-60) and Confederate general, dies of failing health at 57
1937 - Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32), dies at 82
2007 - Roy McLean, South African cricket batsman (40 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 142; Natal), dies at 77
2023 - John Kezdy, American punk-rock guitarist and singer (The Effigies), and later prosecuting attorney, dies from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash at 64

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