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What Happened On 26th August 1981 In History

August 26th (1981) was a Wednesday. It's the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days left to the end of the year.

Famous Birthdays on August 26 in 1981

  • » Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
  • » Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
  • » Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
  • » Jesse Martin, German-Australian sailor
  • » Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
  • » Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler

August 26th Famous Deaths for 1981

  • » Roger Nash Baldwin, American union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
  • » Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) (b. 1914)

August 26th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Greek Church)
  • » Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church)
  • » David Lewis (martyr) named David Lewis
  • » Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier de Ages
  • » Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus
  • » Saint Zephyrinus or Zephyrinus
  • » August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea)

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World History for the 26th August