August 1926 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1926 Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus
• 03 Aug 1926 Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
• 05 Aug 1926 1st talkie movie Don Juan at Warner Theatre, New York
• 06 Aug 1926 Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
• 10 Aug 1926 Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
• 11 Aug 1926 Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker hits his 700th MLB double.
• 17 Aug 1926 Greek-Serbian / Croatian / Slavs peace treaty signed
• 18 Aug 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time
• 20 Aug 1926 Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia
• 22 Aug 1926 Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 23 Aug 1926 40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97)
• 25 Aug 1926 Pavlos Koundouris becomes President of Greece
• 28 Aug 1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)

Famous Birthday

• Fidel Castro

  Cuban liberator who successfully overthrew President Batista's government 1/01/1959.

• René Goscinny

  French artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and comic strip maker.

• Houston (Texas)
• Nancy Spero

  American artist in figurative Expressionism.

• Lina Wertmüller
• Sydney Omarr

  American writer and journalist, a nationally syndicated astrologer and newspaper columnist.

• Tony Bennett

  American singer with a long career that seemed to only get better each decade.

• Waldyr B Fucher
• Jean Poiret

  French actor, director, and screenwriter.

• John Derek

  American actor drafted for the military after his debut picture, "Since You Went Away," 1944.

• Jiang Zemin

  Chinese politician, President of the People's Republic, 1998.

• René Depestre
• Claus von Bülow

  Danish-English lawyer.

• Antoine Veil
• Imre Fehér
• Betsy Bloomingdale

  American department store mogul (Bloomingdale's).

• Frank Rosolino
• Richard Anderson

  American actor and noted family member, married for a while to Norma Shearer's daughter.

• Stan Freberg

  American satirist and comedy writer.

• Laurent Boix-Vives
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Famous Deaths

• Charles William Elliot

  President of Harvard University (1869-1909), dies at age 92.

• John H Moffitt

  American politician (Born 1843).

• Ugyen Wangchuck

  first king of Bhutan (Born1862).

• Rudolph Valentino

  Italian-American actor who gained fame through his romantic portrayals and whose films included "The Sheik," 1921 "Blood And Sand," 1922 and...

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ben Bernie & His Orchestra - Cherie, I Love You
2. Gene Austin - Bye Bye, Blackbird
3. Whispering Jack Smith - Poor Papa
4. Blossom Seeley - Spanish Shawl
5. Ruth Etting - Lonesome and Sorry