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| August 26th, 2006 (August 26 2006) | Death | Rainer Barzel, German politician (born in 1924) | |
| August 26th, 2006 (August 26 2006) | Death | Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (born in 1926) | |
| August 26th, 1996 (August 26 1996) | Event | Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| August 26th, 1986 (August 26 1986) | Birth | Cassie Ventura, American singer | |
| August 26th, 1986 (August 26 1986) | Death | Ted Knight, American actor (born in 1923) | |
| August 26th, 1976 (August 26 1976) | Birth | Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh) | |
| August 26th, 1976 (August 26 1976) | Birth | Zemfira, Russian singer | |
| August 26th, 1976 (August 26 1976) | Death | Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (born in 1888) | |
| August 26th, 1966 (August 26 1966) | Birth | Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player | |
| August 26th, 1966 (August 26 1966) | Birth | Shirley Manson, Scottish singer | |
| August 26th, 1956 (August 26 1956) | Birth | Mark Mangino, American football coach | |
| August 26th, 1956 (August 26 1956) | Death | Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (born in 1881) | |
| August 26th, 1946 (August 26 1946) | Birth | Valerie Simpson, American singer | |
| August 26th, 1946 (August 26 1946) | Birth | Mark Snow, American composer | |
| August 26th, 1946 (August 26 1946) | Birth | Zhou Ji, Education Minister of the People s Republic of China | |
| August 26th, 1946 (August 26 1946) | Birth | Chantal Renaud, Quebec singer and actress | |
| August 26th, 1946 (August 26 1946) | Death | Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (born in 1887) | |
| August 26th, 1936 (August 26 1936) | Birth | Yvette Vickers, American actress | |
| August 26th, 1906 (August 26 1906) | Birth | Albert Sabin, American polio researcher (died in 1993) | |
| August 26th, 1896 (August 26 1896) | Birth | Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (died in 1990) | |
| August 26th, 1826 (August 26 1826) | Birth | Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (died in 1875) | |
| August 26th, 1736 (August 26 1736) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste L. Rome de l Isle, French chemist (died in 1790) | |
| August 26th, 1676 (August 26 1676) | Birth | Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1745) | |
| August 26th, 1666 (August 26 1666) | Death | Frans Hals, Dutch painter (born in circa 1580) | |
| August 26th, 1466 (August 26 1466) | Event | A conjure against Piero di Cosimo de Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered. | |
| August 26th, 1346 (August 26 1346) | Event | Hundred Years War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crecy. | |
