Monday August 26, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1071
Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
1278
Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
1303
Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
1346
Hundred Years’ War: the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France’s first black colonial governor.
Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA

Who were born on ?

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
Eleanor Dark, Australian novelist (d. 1985)
Brant Parker, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (d. 2007)
Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader
Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
Dylan O'Brien, American actor
Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast

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