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This Day In History: August 26th

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Communication
 
 
Crime and Corruption
1986
Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York City's Central Park. In the case called the "preppie murder" case Robert Chambers eventually pled guilty.
1993
Dorothea Puente was convicted of murdering three people that had been tenants in her boarding house. She was sentenced to life without parole.
1996
Robert Vesco, a U.S. financier, was convicted in a Cuban court of economic crimes.
1996
Chun Doo-hwan, the former military leader of South Korea, was sentenced to death. His crimes were mutiny, treason and embezzlement.
Defence
1992
A "no-fly zone" was imposed on the southern 1/3 of Iraq. The move by the U.S., France and Britain was aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims.
 
Disasters
1883
A two-day eruption of the volcanic island Krakatoa began. The tidal waves that were associated with the eruption killed 36,000 people when they destroyed the island.
 
Discovery
 
 
Education
1873
The school board of St. Louis, MO, authorized the first U.S. public kindergarten.
 
Film, Television and Radio
1939
The first televised major league baseball games were shown. The event was a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1939
The radio program, "Arch Oboler’s Plays", presented the NBC Symphony for the first time.
Heads of State
 
 
Health and Social Welfare
 
 
Industry
 
 
Law
1920
The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in the voting booth.
1973
A U.S. Presidential Proclamation was declared that made August 26th Women's Equality Day.
1998
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno ordered a review of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motor Sport
 
People
1743
  Antoine Lavoisier was born. He was the chemist that proved that the union of oxygen and other chemicals is used in burning, rusting of metals and breathing.
1873
Dr. Lee DeForest was born. He was the inventor of the Audion tube. The tube makes the broadcasting of sound possible.
1974
Charles Lindberg died at the age of 72.
1978
Sigmund Jahn blasted off aboard the Russian Soyuz 31 and became the first German in space.
1990
In Gainesville, FL, two slain college students were found in their apartment. Three more bodies would be found in the few days that followed.
1990
The 55 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait left Baghdad by car and headed for the Turkish border.
1996
Barbara Jewell asked U.S. President Clinton to clear her son's name in connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. Richard Jewell was later cleared by the Justice Department.
Politics
1896
In the Philippines, and insurrection began against the Spanish government.
1934
Adolf Hitler demanded that France turn over their Saar region to Germany.
1937
All Chinese shipping was blockaded by Japan.
1981
The U.S. claimed that North Korea fired an antiaircraft missile at a U.S. Surveillance plane while it was over South Korea.
1991
Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised that national elections would be held.
1992
A mistrial was declared in the Iran-Contra cover-up trial of CIA spy Clair George.
1998
Sudan filed a criminal lawsuit against U.S. President Clinton and the United States for the bombing of the El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Company. The Sudanese claimed that the plant was strictly civilian.
Publishing
 
 
Religion
 
 
Science
   
 
Sport
1947
Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league baseball.
1961
The International Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto opened.
Technology
1998
The U.S. government announced that they were investigating Microsoft in an attempt to discover if they "bullied" Intel into delaying new technology.
 
The Arts
1498
Michelangelo was commissioned to make the "Pieta."
 
The Environment
 
 
The Law
1842
The first fiscal year was established by the U.S. Congress to start on July 1st.
1847
Liberia was proclaimed as an independent republic
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
1957
The first Edsel made by the Ford Motor Company rolled out.
1987
The Fuller Brush Company announced plans to open two retail stores in Dallas, TX. The company that had sold its products door to door for 81 years.
Transport
 
 
War
55 B.C.
Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar.
1945
The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II.
1957
It was announced that an intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully tested by the Soviet Union.
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