After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
ClockHorizon daily selection“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
A series of large flash floods and debris flows along the Nepal–Tibet border and the Trishuli River, believed to have been caused by glacier collapse, stuck and destroyed numerous settlements, including the Gyirong checkpoint, and killed over 1,400 people, with over 5,800 reported missing.
Exactly five years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving three people dead.
During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.
Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Victoria Mboko
2006
Canadian-Congolese tennis player (born 2006)
Lil Tecca
2002
American rapper (born 2002)
Patrick Williams (basketball)
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Kyren Williams
2000
American football player (born 2000)
Rosa (sea otter)
1999
Former sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium (1999–2024)One highlighted entry is from 2008: After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
People listed for August 26 include Victoria Mboko (2006), Lil Tecca (2002), and Patrick Williams (basketball) (2001).
Observances listed for August 26 include Christian feast day: Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church), Christian feast day: August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), and Christian feast day: Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá.
