Historical timeline for August 26

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 Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, are apprehended.

A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.

Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.

Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.

Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.

Aeropesca Flight 221 crashes in Colombia's Huila Department, killing all 50 people on board.

After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.

Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.

The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.

The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.

The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.

Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.