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The elephant is the largest land animal. At present, only two species of elephants are alive, Elephas and Loxodonta. Apart from this, there were...
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History of 26 August

  • 1990 – The 55 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait left Baghdad by car and headed for the Turkish border.
  • 1991 – Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised that national elections would be held.
  • 1992 – A “no-fly zone” was imposed on the southern 1/3 of Iraq. The move by the U.S., France and Britain was aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims.
  • 1998 – The U.S. government announced that they were investigating Microsoft in an attempt to discover if they “bullied” Intel into delaying new technology.
  • 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
  • 2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.[
  • 2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
  • 2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
  • 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
  • 2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL ’19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

Celebrating Birthday Today

  • 1981 – Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
  • 1981 – Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
  • 1981 – Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
  • 1981 – Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
  • 1981 – Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
  • 1982 – Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
  • 1982 – John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
  • 1982 – Jayson Nix, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
  • 1983 – Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
  • 1983 – Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
  • 1985 – Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
  • 1985 – Brandon McDonald, American football player
  • 1985 – David Price, American baseball player
  • 1986 – Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
  • 1986 – Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
  • 1986 – Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model
  • 1987 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1988 – Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1988 – Evan Ross, American actor
  • 1988 – Danielle Savre, American actress
  • 1988 – Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Lars Stindl, German football player
  • 1989 – James Harden, American basketball player
  • 1990 – Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
  • 1991 – Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier[
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