EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 26
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Day 237 of 2026 | Week 35 | 122 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 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.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
South African cricket fast bowler (9 Tests
Russian race walker
American drummer (No Doubt - "Don't Speak")
American session and touring drummer (Joe Walsh
American model (Almay Cosmetics
American tennis player (1996 Aust doubles finalist)
American MLB
British cyclist (world 1 hour record)
American NFL center (San Diego Chargers)
British politician
American NFL full safety (NE Patriots)
American guitarist and songwriter (Counting Crows - "Accidentally in Love")
Scottish rock singer (Garbage)
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American actor with down syndrome (Corky-Life Goes On)
🎯 yow.com Connection
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