This Day In History
August 26
Battle of Crecy Washington urges Hessians to desert George Washington writes to Henry Lee Lewis and Clark promote Patrick Gass to sergeant Ralph Waldo Emerson meets Thomas Carlyle Second Bull Run campaign begins Battle of Tannenberg begins 19th Amendment adopted Lights, cameras, baseball First televised Major League baseball game DeGaulle enters a free Paris NYC and Philly sizzle in heat wave Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile Mini makes its debut Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam Democratic convention besieged by protesters Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago Charles Lindbergh dies Grease movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin born "Preppy Murder" stuns New York
Battle of Crecy Washington urges Hessians to desert George Washington writes to Henry Lee Lewis and Clark promote Patrick Gass to sergeant Ralph Waldo Emerson meets Thomas Carlyle Second Bull Run campaign begins Battle of Tannenberg begins 19th Amendment adopted Lights, cameras, baseball First televised Major League baseball game DeGaulle enters a free Paris NYC and Philly sizzle in heat wave Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile Mini makes its debut Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam Democratic convention besieged by protesters Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago Charles Lindbergh dies Grease movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin born "Preppy Murder" stuns New York
