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26 Aug 2055
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-BC- Roman forces under Julius C
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26 Aug 0580
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Chinese invents toilet paper
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26 Aug 1278
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Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II
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26 Aug 1346
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English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr
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26 Aug 1541
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Turkish Sultan Suleiman occupies Buda / annexes Hungary
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26 Aug 1545
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Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese, Duke of Parma
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26 Aug 1549
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Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels
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26 Aug 1629
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Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
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26 Aug 1641
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West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
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26 Aug 1652
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Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs. De Ruyter
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26 Aug 1745
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England, Prussia and Hannover sign treaty
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26 Aug 1791
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John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
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26 Aug 1794
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French troops occupy Lock
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26 Aug 1843
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Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
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26 Aug 1846
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W A Bartlett appointed 1st US Mayor of Yerba Buena (San Francisco)
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26 Aug 1863
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Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
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26 Aug 1873
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1st kindergarten public school opens in St. Louis
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26 Aug 1874
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16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
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26 Aug 1883
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Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
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26 Aug 1895
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Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
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26 Aug 1896
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Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
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26 Aug 1903
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Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
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26 Aug 1907
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Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds
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26 Aug 1909
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Middlesex beat Gloucs (Bristol) by Inn and 31 in a single day
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26 Aug 1912
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32nd US Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats W F Johnson (36 26 62 64 62)
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26 Aug 1913
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33rd US Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61)
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26 Aug 1914
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Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army
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26 Aug 1914
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Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
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26 Aug 1915
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German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia
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26 Aug 1916
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Philadelphia Athletics Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
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26 Aug 1916
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Phila A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
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26 Aug 1916
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Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6
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26 Aug 1920
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Percy Fender (Surrey vs. Northants) scores 100 in 35 minutes
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26 Aug 1920
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19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)
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26 Aug 1922
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Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed
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26 Aug 1929
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1st US roller coaster built
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26 Aug 1933
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Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
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26 Aug 1935
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CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks
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26 Aug 1937
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Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
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26 Aug 1938
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British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine
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26 Aug 1938
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Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL
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26 Aug 1939
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1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
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26 Aug 1939
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Belgium mobilizes
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26 Aug 1939
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Kroatia gets autonomous status
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26 Aug 1940
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RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk
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26 Aug 1942
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7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France
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26 Aug 1942
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Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay
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26 Aug 1942
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Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow
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26 Aug 1942
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7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France
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26 Aug 1944
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Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed
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26 Aug 1944
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US 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris
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26 Aug 1946
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George Orwell published "Animal Farm"
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26 Aug 1947
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1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
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26 Aug 1950
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39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
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26 Aug 1951
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Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
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26 Aug 1952
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Fluoridation of SF water begins
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26 Aug 1955
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1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
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26 Aug 1956
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KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
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26 Aug 1956
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Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Denver Golf Open
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26 Aug 1956
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Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from Kansas City
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26 Aug 1957
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USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
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26 Aug 1961
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Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
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26 Aug 1962
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
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26 Aug 1962
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Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits Kansas City Athletics, 1-0
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26 Aug 1962
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Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits KC A's, 1-0
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26 Aug 1964
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Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
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26 Aug 1964
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LBJ nominated at Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey
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26 Aug 1966
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Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
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26 Aug 1966
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KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Aug 1967
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Beatles, Mick Jagger and Marienne Faithful meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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26 Aug 1967
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Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland
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26 Aug 1967
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Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
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26 Aug 1971
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Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
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26 Aug 1971
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NY Giant football team announces its leaving the Bronx for NJ in 1975
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26 Aug 1971
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Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
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26 Aug 1972
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20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
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26 Aug 1972
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Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
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26 Aug 1972
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New York Cosmos beat St. Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship
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26 Aug 1972
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Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany
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26 Aug 1973
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David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
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26 Aug 1973
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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26 Aug 1973
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University of Texas (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing
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26 Aug 1973
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10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, CA, beating a field of 1,500 runners
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26 Aug 1974
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Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
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26 Aug 1974
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Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
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26 Aug 1977
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Frank Martinus Arion forms Surinamese Writers group 77
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26 Aug 1978
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Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
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26 Aug 1978
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Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
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26 Aug 1979
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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26 Aug 1980
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Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick
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26 Aug 1981
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Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
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26 Aug 1982
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NASA launches Telesat-F
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26 Aug 1984
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Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
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26 Aug 1984
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Tatyana Kazankina of the USSR sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad
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26 Aug 1984
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Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
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26 Aug 1985
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Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs. California Angels
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26 Aug 1985
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French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior
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26 Aug 1986
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Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38)
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26 Aug 1987
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Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games
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26 Aug 1989
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Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS
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26 Aug 1990
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Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
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26 Aug 1990
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2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida
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26 Aug 1991
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Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
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26 Aug 1992
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"Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 46 performances
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26 Aug 1995
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Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan
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