Public Holidays on August 26

• 🌍 Id el Maulud (estimated) (Nigeria)
• 🌍 Milad-un-Nabi (estimated) (India)

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Religious Observances on August 26

• Hindu: Krishna Janmashtami

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On This Day in History — August 26

• 2015 — Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
• 2011 — The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
• 2009 — Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
• 1999 — Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
• 1997 — Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
• 1980 — After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.

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Notable Births on August 26

• 1993 — Keke Palmer, American singer-songwriter, presenter and television personality
• 1991 — Dylan O'Brien, American actor
• 1990 — Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 — James Harden, American basketball player
• 1988 — Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 — Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on August 26

• 2017 — Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943)
• 2015 — Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (b. 1911)
• 2015 — Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
• 2015 — P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (b. 1952)
• 2015 — Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (b. 1935)

On This Day in History — August 27

• 2011 — Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
• 2009 — Internal conflict in Burma: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
• 2006 — Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in...
• 2003 — Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
• 2003 — The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
• 1991 — The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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Notable Births on August 27

• 1993 — Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
• 1993 — Olivier Le Gac, French cyclist
• 1992 — Blake Jenner, American actor and singer
• 1992 — Stephen Morris, American football player
• 1992 — Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter
• 1991 — Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean actor and singer

Notable Deaths on August 27

• 2015 — Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (b. 1961)
• 2015 — Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1957)
• 2014 — Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2014 — Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2014 — Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)