{"id":28186,"date":"2016-08-26T08:18:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28186"},"modified":"2017-01-09T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T18:00:53","slug":"today-in-history-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28186","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Friday, August\u00a0 26, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 26, 1920, The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect.
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1847<\/td>\nLiberia was proclaimed an independent republic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1910<\/td>\nMother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1939<\/td>\nMajor league baseball was televised for the first time when experimental station W2XBS broadcast a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1957<\/td>\nThe Soviet Union announced that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nThe Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nPresident Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1974<\/td>\nAviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh died at age 72.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nCardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nIn the so-called “preppie murder case,” 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York’s Central Park. (Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 15 years in prison.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nInvestigators concluded that NASA’s overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Melissa McCarthy (“Mike and Molly”) turns 46 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ben Bradlee<\/td>\nFormer Washington Post executive editor<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben J. Wattenberg<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Heinsohn<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Ridge<\/td>\nFormer director of homeland security<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valerie Simpson<\/td>\nR&B singer (Ashford and Simpson)<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Branford Marsalis<\/td>\nJazz saxophonist<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Burke<\/td>\nActor (“Life Goes On”)<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adrian Young<\/td>\nRock musician (No Doubt)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thalia<\/td>\nSinger, actress<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macaulay Culkin<\/td>\nActor (“Home Alone”)<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cassie<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keke Palmer<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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