What Happened In August 1926 In History

Historical Events for August, 1926

• 5th » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• 6th » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1926

• 1st » Theo Adam, German opera singer
• 1st » George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist
• 3rd » Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
• 3rd » Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 4th » George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)
• 4th » Perry Moss, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 5th » Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 6th » Elisabeth Beresford, French-English author (d. 2010)
• 6th » Frank Finlay, English actor
• 6th » Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
• 6th » Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 2013)
• 6th » János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
• 6th » Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 7th » Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer
• 7th » Géza Kádas, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1979)
• 8th » Richard Anderson, American actor
• 8th » Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, English lawyer, academic, and politician
• 10th » Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (d. 2013)
• 11th » Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 11th » Claus von Bülow, Danish-English lawyer
• 12th » John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 12th » Joe Jones (singer) named Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 12th » Wallace Markfield, American author (d. 2002)
• 13th » Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba
• 14th » Alice Ghostley, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 14th » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (d. 1977)
• 14th » Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist
• 14th » Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
• 15th » Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969)
• 15th » Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
• 15th » Kenneth Newman, English police officer
• 15th » John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
• 15th » Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician, 6th President of Greece
• 16th » Ronnie Bowlby, English bishop
• 17th » Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (d. 2012)
• 17th » George Melly, English singer (d. 2007)
• 17th » Jean Poiret, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 18th » John P. Finnegan, American actor (d. 2012)
• 19th » Annie Palmen, Dutch singer (d. 2000)
• 19th » Arthur Rock, American businessman
• 19th » Angus Scrimm, American actor
• 20th » Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 23rd » Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
• 23rd » Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 26th » Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999)
• 27th » Pat Coombs, English actress (d. 2002)
• 27th » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)
• 28th » Dixie Evans, American model and ancer (d. 2013)
• 29th » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and educator
• 29th » Betty Lynn, American actress

Famous Deaths for August 1926

• 14th » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 22nd » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 23rd » Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American actor (b. 1895)

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