41st year - Nr 238 Wednesday, 26 August 2026

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41st year - Nr 238 Wednesday, 26 August 2026

26 August / Today's 39 Events:

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(-) 288 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1738 Forger William Newington is executed by hanging in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 283 years ago Monday 26th of August 1743 Nobleman and chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier aka The Father of Modern Chemistry is born in IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 235 years ago Friday 26th of August 1791 Cop killer Whiting Sweeting is executed by hanging at the age of 27 in Stephentown, New York, United States.

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(-) 230 years ago Friday 26th of August 1796 Gang leader and multiple murderer Emanuel Claus is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 22 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Claus was the first man to be executed by the Guillotine in Belgium.

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(+) 181 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1845 Victim of Jack the Ripper Mary Ann Nichols, originally Walker aka Polly is born in Dean Street, Soho, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 153 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1873 Police officer and murderer Thomas Hartley Montgomery is executed by hanging at the age of 31 in Omagh Gaol, Omagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Montgomery's last words were "Is hanging a painful death?"

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(-) 150 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1876 Mutineer and murderer Emmanuel Cristos Bombas is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Cork County Gaol, Cork City, Munster, Ireland.

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(-) 147 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1879 Murderer John Ralph is executed by hanging at the age of 28 in Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 146 years ago Thursday 26th of August 1880 Surrealist writer Guillaume Apollinaire, originally Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 142 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1884 Murderer James Tobin is executed by hanging by John Berry in Wexford, Leinster, Ireland.

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(-) 142 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1884 Mass murderer Joseph Laycock is executed by hanging by James Billington at the age of 34 in Armley Gaol, Gloucester Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Laycock killed his 21-year-old wife Maria, his 5-year-old daughter Sarah, his 3-year-old son Francis and his 11-month-old daughter Mary in White Croft on 10 July 1884. Afterwards Laycock tried to cut his own throat but didn't succeed.

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(+) 128 years ago Friday 26th of August 1898 Art collector, bohemian and socialite Peggy Marguerite Guggenheim is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 116 years ago Friday 26th of August 1910 Nun and missionary Mother Teresa, originally Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu is born in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia.

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(x) 116 years ago Friday 26th of August 1910 Serial killer George Joseph Smith aka The Brides in the Bath Murderer is born in Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. Mundy was the fifth of Smith's eight known wives.

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(+) 112 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 1914 Writer Julio Jules Florencio Cortázar aka The Simón Bolívar of the Novel is born in Ixelles, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(+) 89 years ago Thursday 26th of August 1937 Victim of Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper Vera Evelyn Millward aka Anne Brown aka Mary Barton is born in Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

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(+) 82 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1944 Drummer Maureen Ann 'Moe' Tucker known from The Velvet Underground is born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 81 years ago Sunday 26th of August 1945 Poet and writer Franz Viktor Werfel dies of a heart attack at the age of 55 in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

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(-) 76 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1950 Automobile manufacturing pioneer Ransom Eli Olds dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Olds Mansion, South Washington Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 71 years ago Friday 26th of August 1955 Rapist and murderer Clarence Wayne Dixon is born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, United States.

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(+) 67 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 1959 Victim of Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal Anthony Hughes is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 57 years ago He Was Dismembered into Nine Pieces Tuesday 26th of August 1969 Donald Jerome Shea aka Shorty is tortured to death by criminal hippy gang the Manson Family in Spahn Ranch, 12000 Santa Susana Pass Road, Chatsworth, California, United States. Manson decided to have Shea killed because he believed Shea had reported them to the police, resulting in a raid on the ranch on 16 August where the family were taken into custody on suspicion of car theft. The rumour was that Shea had been "dismembered into nine pieces."

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(x) 56 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 1970 Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder is tortured to death by criminal hippy gang the Manson Family in Feldkirchen, Bayern, Germany. Fassbinder and Caven divorced in 1972.

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(-) 54 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1972 Aviator and solo sailor pioneer Francis Chales Chichester dies of lung cancer at the age of 71 in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

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(x) 54 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1972 37-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker is released from prison on bail after being charged with child-abuse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 52 years ago Monday 26th of August 1974 Aviation pioneer Charles Augustus Lindbergh aka The Lone Eagle dies of lymphoma at the age of 72 in Kipahulu, Hawaii, United States.

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(-) 48 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1978 Actor Charles Boyer commits suicide by an overdose of Seconal at the age of 79 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Boyer committed suicide two days after his wife, British actress Pat Paterson, died from cancer.

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(-) 46 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1980 Animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director Tex Frederick Bean Avery dies of lung cancer at the age of 72 in Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California, United States.

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(-) 44 years ago Thursday 26th of August 1982 Peter Sigl is shot dead by serial killer Peter Hößl aka Der Wochenendmörder in München, Bayern, Germany. Hößl was released from a mental hospital on 21 December 1981 after spending almost 20 years behind bars for three murders committed in 1956, 1959 and 1960.

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(x) 43 years ago Friday 26th of August 1983 36-year-old Serial killer William George Bonin aka The Freeway Killer is sentenced to die for four murders in Orange County, California, United States. Bonin was already sentenced to death for 10 murders in Los Angeles County.

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(x) 42 years ago Sunday 26th of August 1984 Noise music band Club Moral play their 36th concert at the In Vitro festival in Tom Tom Club, Ernest Van Dijck Kaai 21, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 40 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1986 Murderer Chester Lee Wicker is executed by lethal injection at the age of 38 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Wicker's last meal request was for lettuce, tomatoes and two glasses of milk.

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(-) 28 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 1998 Gang leader and multiple murderer Genaro Ruiz Gene Camacho is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Camacho's last meal request was for steak, baked potato, salad and strawberry ice cream. The execution had to be delayed by two hours because of difficulties locating a suitable vein for the injection.

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(x) 26 years ago Saturday 26th of August 2000 67-year-old Gangster Reginald Kray aka Reggie Kray is released from prison on compassionate grounds in Wayland Prison, Griston, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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(-) 22 years ago Thursday 26th of August 2004 Murderer James Vernon Allridge is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Allridge's last meal request was for a double-meat bacon cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato and salad dressing, shoestring or crinkle-cut French fries with ketchup and banana pudding or banana pudding ice cream and watermelon or white seedless grapes.

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19 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 26th of August 2007 The grave of student leader Rudi Dutschke in St.-Annen-Kirchhof, Dahlem, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(x) 10 years ago Friday 26th of August 2016 52-year-old Serial killer Gao Chengyong aka The Chinese Jack the Ripper is arrested in Baiyin, Gansu, China. Gao confessed to the eleven murders.

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(-) 9 years ago The Chainsaw Silenced Saturday 26th of August 2017 Cult film director Tobe William Hooper known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre dies of natural causes at the age of 74 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 6 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 2020 Double murderer Lezmond Mitchell is executed by lethal injection at the age of 38 in Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Mitchell was the only Native American on death row at the time. Mitchell was a member of the Navajo Nation.

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