Today in History for August 1926

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus
1st - Failed assassination on Gen Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
3rd - Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
5th - 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, NY
5th - French & German trade agreement signed
5th - Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping
6th - NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
6th - Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY)
6th - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
10th - Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
11th - Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
17th - Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed
18th - England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0
18th - Weather map televised for 1st time
20th - Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia
20th - Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai(NHK) is established.
21st - -22] Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos
21st - White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
22nd - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa
22nd - Greek dictator Gen Pangulos driven out
23rd - 40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97)
25th - Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece
28th - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
30th - Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey v Middlesex)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Burton Stein, historian
1st - Frank Hauser, British theatrical director
1st - Karl Kohn, composer
2nd - Betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul
2nd - Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary (TUC)
3rd - Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
5th - Betsy Jolas, composer
6th - Christa Reinig, writer
6th - Frank Finlay, Farnworth Lancashire England, actor (Robbery, Lifeforce)
6th - J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment)
6th - Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
6th - Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
7th - Amo Houghton, (Rep-R-New York)
7th - Stan Freberg, LA California, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice (Bertie)
8th - Richard Anderson, Long Beach NJ, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man)
8th - Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
9th - Denis Atkinson, cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955)
9th - Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian (Mister Jazz)
10th - Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer
10th - Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer
11th - Aaron Klug, OM/PRS/biochemist
11th - Bernard Ashley, English fashion designer/pres (Laura Ashley)
11th - Claus Von Bulow, accused of murdering his wife
11th - J R S Fincham, geneticist
11th - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist
12th - John Derek, LA California, actor/director (10, Annapolis Story)
12th - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. 2005)
12th - Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. 2002)
Dictator Fidel Castro (13th) 13th - Fidel Castro, Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator/prime minister/president (1959-2008)
14th - Alice Adams, US author
14th - Alice Ghostley, Eve Montana, actress (Bewitched, Designing Women)
14th - Buddy Greco, Phila Pa, jazz singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House)
14th - René Goscinny, French song/cartoon text writer (Asterix)
15th - Georgiann Johnson, Decorah Iowa, actress (Marge-Mr Peepers)
15th - Lewis T Preston, banker
15th - Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer
15th - Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
17th - Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
17th - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (Le Dernier Metro)
17th - Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
17th - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
19th - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist
20th - Nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach
21st - Ben-Zion Orgad, composer
22nd - Bob Flannigan, rocker (Four Freshmen)
22nd - Honor Blackman, London, actress (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger)
22nd - Marc Bohan, dress designer
23rd - Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist, (d. 2006)
27th - Pat Coombs, English actress (d. 2002)
27th - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002)
29th - Betty Lynn, American actress
29th - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
30th - Olgerts Gravitis, composer
31st - Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)
31st - Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses (CDA)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

1st - Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies
14th - John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
22nd - Charles William Elliot, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92
22nd - Charles William Eliot, American University president (b. 1834)
23rd - Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31