August 26<\/p>\n
1071 \u2013 The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert in modern day Turkey.<\/p>\n
1748 \u2013 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
1768 \u2013 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour<\/em> for his first expedition to the South Pacific Ocean area.<\/p>\n 1791 \u2013 John Fitch is granted a U.S. patent for the steamboat.<\/p>\n 1883 \u2013 The volcano on the island of Krakatoa begins to erupt<\/p>\n 1920 \u2013 The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.<\/p>\n 1942 \u2013 At Chortkiv, in Ukraine, the state police and German Schutzpolizei<\/em> deport 2000 Jews to Be\u0142\u017cec extermination camp, murdering over 500 children and the sick beforehand.<\/p>\n 1972 \u2013 The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich.<\/p>\n 1974 \u2013 Charles Lindbergh dies on the island of Maui at age 72<\/p>\n 1980 \u2013 While trying to disarm a bomb planted by John Birges at the Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, the FBI accidentally detonates it, without any deaths or injuries.<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 Colgan Air Flight 9446, a Beechcraft 1900 crashes after take off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots, the only people on board.<\/p>\n 2009 \u2013 Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.<\/p>\n 2015 \u2013 2 U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while broadcasting a live report in Moneta, Virginia with the murderer committing suicide after a vehicle pursuit by police.<\/p>\n 2018 \u2013 3 people are killed and 10 wounded by a losing player at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida with the murderer then committing suicide.<\/p>\n 2021 \u2013 During the precipitous evacuation of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, an attack on the Kabul airport kills 13 U.S. military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 26 1071 \u2013 The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at Manzikert in modern day Turkey. 1748 \u2013 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia. 1768 \u2013 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour for his first expedition to the South Pacific Ocean … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58727"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95404,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58727\/revisions\/95404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}