26TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BERGWINE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEBURY; ST
JOHN WALL; ST MARY DESMAISIERES; ST PANDONIA; & ST TERESA JORNET IHARS." |
| 26TH |
55bc |
"JULIUS CAESAR" INVADES BRITAIN. |
| 26TH |
1883 |
THE INDONESIAN ISLAND VOLCANO,
"KRAKATOA" BEGAN ERUPTING, KILLING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. |
| 26TH |
1907 |
"HOUDINI" ESCAPES FROM CHAINS, UNDERWATER AT
AQUATIC PARK IN 57seconds. |
| 26TH |
1956 |
1400 RESIDENTS EVACUATED RENMARK AS
FLOODWATERS PEAK AT 30ft 41/2in. |
| 26TH |
1965 |
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CHOSE ITALIAN JET TRAINER FOR RAAF. |
| 26TH |
1972 |
THE 20TH SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES OPENED IN
MUNICH. |
| 26TH |
1978 |
CARDINAL "ALBINO LUCIANO" BECAME "POPE JOHN
PAUL I" WHEN HE WAS ELECTED 263rd PONTIFF OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. |
| 26TH |
1981 |
BRITISH RUNNER, "STEVE OVETT"
LOWERS THE WORLD 1500 metre TIME FROM 3:48.53 TO 3:48.40 |
| 26TH |
1984 |
"ZDENA SILVAHA" OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SETS A WOMENS
WORLD RECORD WHEN SHE THROWS THE DISCUS 74.55metres. |
| 26TH |
1985 |
"SAMANTHA SMITH" THE LITTLE
GIRL WHOSE PLEAS FOR PEACE SOUNDED AROUND THE WORLD, WAS KILLED ALONG WITH HER FATHER IN A
PLANE CRASH NEAR MAINE AIRPORT. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM LONDON WHERE
SAMANTHA WAS FILMING A TELEVISION SHOW. IN 1982 WHEN SHE WAS 11, SHE WROTE TO SOVIET
LEADER, "ANDROPOV" ASKING HIM WHY HE WANTED TO RULE THE WORLD. HE INVITED HER TO
THE SOVIET UNION WHERE SHE WAS WARMLY RECEIVED. |
| 26TH |
1995 |
"RONNIE WHITE" OF "THE MIRACLES" DIED
AGED 57 OF LEUKEMIA. "RONNIE" WROTE THE "TEMPTATIONS" HIT "MY
GIRL" WITH "SMOKEY ROBINSON.""THE MIRACLES" HAD 29 TOP 40 SONGS
BETWEEN 1960 & 1977, INCLUDING "LOVE MACHINE" & GAVE MOTOWN IT’S
FIRST MILLION-SELLER WITH THE 1961 HIT "SHOP AROUND." |
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