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On This Day In History for August 26, 2026
Today is August 26th, the 238th day of the year. It’s the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
- We begin back in 1768, when Captain James Cook set sail from England aboard HMS Endeavour on his first voyage of discovery.
- Ten years later, in 1778, mountaineers achieved the first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia.
- Moving to 1791, inventor John Fitch was granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
- In 1883, the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa entered its final, paroxysmal stage.
- Fast forward to 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was officially certified, granting women the right to vote.
- And in 1998, the maiden flight of the Boeing Delta III rocket ended in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, destroying the Galaxy X communications satellite.
Turning our attention to modern and historical milestones, happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Johann Heinrich Lambert, born 298 years ago today.
- French mineralogist and geologist Jean-Baptiste Romé de l’Isle was born in 1736, marking his 290th birth anniversary.
- Hot air balloon pioneer Joseph-Michel Montgolfier was born 286 years ago today.
- Renowned French chemist Antoine Lavoisier entered the world back in 1743.
- Astronomer and director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples Federigo Zuccari was born 243 years ago.
- Audion tube inventor Lee de Forest arrived 153 years ago in 1873.
- Nobel laureate German physicist James Franck was born 144 years ago today.
- Pioneering virologist Albert Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine, was born 120 years ago in 1906.
- Groundbreaking NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was born 108 years ago today.
- Computer science pioneer Karen Spärck Jones was born 91 years ago in 1935.
- Iconic movie trailer voice actor Don LaFontaine was born 86 years ago today.
- Celebrating a milestone 75th birthday today is American physicist Edward Witten.
- Also turning 61 today is English mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.
- And actor Chris Pine celebrates his 46th birthday today.
Listener Birthdays
- Aug 27 – Chuck’s forgotten iPod
- Aug 30 – Maximilian Björsten
- Aug 31 – Tim Downing
- Sep 1 – David Kloempken
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 26, 2026
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