August 26 - The Day in History

August 26 : General Interest 1939: First televised Major League baseball game On this day in 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV... read more American Revolution 1776 : Washington urges Hessians to desert http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-urges-hessians-to-desert Automotive 1959 : Mini makes its debut http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mini-makes-its-debut Civil War 1862 : Second Bull Run campaign begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/second-bull-run-campaign-begins Cold War 1957 : Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russia-tests-an-intercontinental-ballistic-missile Crime 1986 : "Preppy Murder" stuns New York http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/preppy-murder-stuns-new-york Disaster 1948 : NYC and Philly sizzle in heat wave http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nyc-and-philly-sizzle-in-heat-wave General Interest 1346 : Battle of Crecy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-crecy 1920 : 19th Amendment adopted http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/19th-amendment-adopted 1968 : Democratic convention besieged by protesters http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/democratic-convention-besieged-by-protesters 1974 : Charles Lindbergh dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charles-lindbergh-dies Hollywood 1980 : Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/home-alone-star-macaulay-culkin-born Literary 1838 : Ralph Waldo Emerson meets Thomas Carlyle http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ralph-waldo-emerson-meets-thomas-carlyle Music 1978 : Grease movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grease-movie-soundtrack-earns-its-second-1-hit Old West 1804 : Lewis and Clark promote Patrick Gass to sergeant http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lewis-and-clark-promote-patrick-gass-to-sergeant Presidential 1794 : George Washington writes to Henry Lee http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-writes-to-henry-lee Sports 1939 : Lights, cameras, baseball http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lights-cameras-baseball Vietnam War 1964 : Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-receives-democratic-nomination-for-president 1967 : Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/major-george-e-day-shot-down-over-north-vietnam 1968 : Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/democratic-national-convention-opens-in-chicago World War I 1914 : Battle of Tannenberg begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-tannenberg-begins World War II 1944 : DeGaulle enters a free Paris http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/degaulle-enters-a-free-paris

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