Talk:August 26

--mav 00:11, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States Eruption of Krakatoa 1346 – Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, English forces established the military supremacy of English longbows over the French combination of crossbows and armoured knights. 1826 – Quincy Market in Boston opens as a replacement for an overcrowded market in Faneuil Hall, later becoming a major tourist attraction. 1883 – A massive eruption (pictured) destroyed the island of Krakatoa, Indonesia, ejecting so much volcanic ash that average global temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) over the next year. 1955 – Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards. 2015 – Two American journalists were murdered on live television while conducting an interview in Moneta, Virginia. Geraldine Ferraro (b. 1935) David Hurley (b. 1953) Mildred Albert (d. 1991) Sven-Göran Eriksson (d. 2024) More anniversaries: August 25 August 26 August 27

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Needs article

Denis D'Amour Rklawton 18:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

What the hell does this mean: "1969 - Canada decriminalized sodomy by the Prime Minister, by saying and quoting: "the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation""

I take it the Prime Minister committed sodomy? And he was decrimiled? And the country of Canada actually spoke? Can't find any references to confirm or deny...

(Inter)national Dog(s) Day

August 26th seems to be widely publicized as National Dog Day, National Dogs Day, International Dog Day, and International Dogs Day.

• https://www.nationaldogday.com/
• A Twitter search on 'International Dog Day' founds hundreds (thousands) of posts of pooch photos FOR IDD.

Could we get something together about this so we can list it on August 26th. MaynardClark (talk) 14:59, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Battle of Crecy

I have taken Battle of Crecy from C class to featured article over the past three months. It passed FAC less than three weeks ago. I have just noticed that it featured in OTD yesterday. (I wondered why it was getting a lot of random edits.) As there is no RS that I know of that backs up the phraseology used in the OTD blurb, and it is wrong in several ways to the point of embarrassment - not to mention contradicting the article - I hope that it is OK if I replace it. Should I post suggestions here for discussion or just boldly amend it? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 02:29, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Given the lack of response, I shall be bold. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:16, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

The Jay Report

The entry about the Jay Report could do with double checking, I think.

The cited report from the Independent seems to imply it was published on 27/8/2014.

The report itself — cited in the article on the scandal — is dated 21/8/1024.

Which of the three dates is correct? Cuddy2977 (talk) 12:24, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Edited for Clarity!

Sorry, folks, I’ve just found the date — the 26th! — in the article.

Sorry to take up time!

12:27, 11 August 2024 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuddy2977 (talk • contribs)

Why are all the events just mass killings

That's history I guess 2001:999:408:732E:CC5F:ECFF:FEE9:8177 (talk) 10:30, 26 August 2024 (UTC)