Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 26
August 26, 2025 is the 238th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 26
- 55 –Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Great Britain.
- 1429 –Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
- 1789 –The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
- 1791 –John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
- 1810 –The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
- 1883 –The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
- 1940 –Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France’s first black colonial governor.
- 1957 –The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM – a “super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket . . . a few days ago,” according to the Soviet news agency, ITAR-TASS.
- 1978 –Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31.
- 1997 –Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
Who were born on August 26?
- 1694 –Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
- 1865 –Arthur James Arnot, Scottish inventor (d. 1946)
- 1901 –Hans Kammler, German engineer and SS officer (disappeared in 1945)
- 1932 –Luis Salvadores, Chilean basketball player
- 1950 –Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1953 –Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
- 1966 –Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
- 1986 –Cassie, American singer
- 1988 –Danielle Savre, American actress
- 1992 –Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
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