Famous Birthdays In August - 26

1870  On August - 26 birth of aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7]   

1873  On this day in history birth of lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

1873  On this day in history birth of lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961)   

1874  Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938) was born on August - 26.   

1875  John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) was born on August - 26.   

1880  On August - 26 birth of guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

1882  On August - 26 birth of james Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)   

1882  Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian (Neth Archives) was born on August - 26.   

1884  On this day in history birth of earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)   

1885  Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) was born on August - 26.   

1887  On this day in history birth of luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer   

1890  Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's) was born on August - 26.   

1891  On this day in history birth of emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author   

1891  Ferdinand Bruckner, [Theodor Tagger], Austrian playwright (Races) was born on August - 26.   

1894  Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history birth of richard Hammond, composer   

1896  On this day in history birth of ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)   

1897  On this day in history birth of yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)   

1898  Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector was born on August - 26.   

1899  Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter was born on August - 26.   

1900  Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980) was born on this day in history.   

1901  Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff was born on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history birth of jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)   

1901  On August - 26 birth of tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)   

1901  Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972) was born on August - 26.   

1903  On August - 26 birth of jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin) was born on August - 26.   

1906  Albert B Sabin, Russia, US microbiologist (oral polio vaccine) was born on August - 26.   

1908  Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1908  W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history birth of eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)   

1909  Frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history birth of jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)   

1909  Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978) was born on August - 26.   

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1278  On this day in history ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

1346  On August - 26 jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1368  On August - 26 engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on August - 26.   

1518  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  On this day in history death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  On this day in history death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)