Various events that happened on August 26

The significant events of daily life become history in time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind.

The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for its readers.

Today is 26 August 2024, Monday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.

History:

1303 – Alauddin Khilji captures Chittorgarh in Rajasthan.

1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England with the ship HMS Endeavour.

1789 – Following the victory of the French Revolution, the country's parliament approves the Declaration of Human Rights.

1883 – The eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia kills 36,000 people.

1914 – France and Britain occupy the German colony of Togoland.

1920 – Women's suffrage is recognized in the United States.

1927 – Indian Broadcasting Company starts first radio broadcast in Calcutta.

1943 – Azad Hind Fauj was formally formed.

1955 – Satyajit Ray's film 'Pather Panchali' was released.

1970 – The Sudanese government nationalizes the newspaper industry.

2005 – Nkurun Jiza of Burundi is sworn in as president.

2006 – Three people were killed when the then BDR opened fire on a large gathering of local people against the coal project of a company called Asia Energy at Phulbari in Dinajpur. More than two hundred protestors were injured.

Birth:

1869 – Mystery writer and editor Dinendra Kumar Roy.

1873 – American radio and TV inventor De Forest.

1880 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire.

1885 – Famous French writer Julius Romains.

1910 – Mother Teresa, Indian Catholic nun, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

1920- Bhanu Banerjee is a very popular Bengali film actor in West Bengal.

1951 – Edward Witten, Fields Medal-winning American theoretical physicist.

1988 – Lars Stindl, German football player.

1990 – Mateo Musacchio, Argentine footballer.

1991 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor.

1991 – Ahmed Deepta – journalist, writer.

Death:

1723 – Dutch scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope.

1910 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher.

1934 – Atulprasad Sen, Bengali poet, lyricist and singer.

1961 – Charuchandra Bhattacharya, eminent professor and writer.

1982 – Sushovan Sarkar is a famous Bengali historian.

1988 – Progressive dramatist and cultural figure Manmath Roy.

2003 – Bimal Kar, Indian Bengali writer and novelist.

2006 – Subodh Roy freedom fighter, communist leader and eminent researcher of communist movement.

2021 – Gauri Ghosh, famous Bengali Bachik artist.

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