August 26 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 26
In the headlines today:

1985	Ryan White, the 13-year-old AIDS patient barred from attending school in Kokomo, Indiana, begins attending middle school via computer.
1978	John Paul I (formerly Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice) is elected Pope of the Roman Catholic church, following the death of Paul VI.
1974	Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies in Hawaii at age 72.
1972	Opening ceremonies usher in the summer Olympics games in Munich, West Germany.
1970	Guitar guru Jimi Hendrix opens his Electric Ladyland recording studio in New York City.
1961	The NHL Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto, Canada.
1957	The USSR announces its first successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
1957	Ford introduces the Edsel automobile.
1947	Don Bankhead, the first black pitcher in major league baseball, makes his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1939	New York station WXBS makes the first TV broadcast of a baseball doubleheader (Cincinnati Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers).
1920	The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
1883	The Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people -- many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.
1873	The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.
1847	Liberia becomes an independent republic.