August 26th (2006) was a Saturday. It's the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days left to the end of the year.
August 26th Famous Deaths for 2006
» Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1924)
» Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1926)