{"id":23052,"date":"2020-08-26T04:17:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T22:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23052"},"modified":"2020-08-25T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T11:01:36","slug":"history-of-26-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-26-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 26 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1990 &#8211; The 55 Americans at\nthe&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Embassy in Kuwait left Baghdad by car and headed for the\nTurkish border.<\/li><li>1991 &#8211; Soviet President Mikhail S.\nGorbachev promised that national elections would be held.<\/li><li>1992 &#8211; A &#8220;no-fly zone&#8221; was\nimposed on the southern 1\/3 of Iraq. The move by the&nbsp;U.S., France and\nBritain was aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims.<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; The&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;government\nannounced that they were investigating Microsoft in an attempt to discover if they\n&#8220;bullied&#8221; Intel into delaying new technology. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1999\u00a0\u2013 Russia begins the\u00a0Second Chechen War\u00a0in response to the\u00a0Invasion of Dagestan\u00a0by the\u00a0Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.<\/li><li>2003\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0Beechcraft 1900\u00a0operating as\u00a0Colgan Air Flight 9446\u00a0crashes after taking off from\u00a0Barnstable Municipal Airport\u00a0in\u00a0Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_26#cite_note-2\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>2009\u00a0\u2013 Kidnapping victim\u00a0Jaycee Dugard\u00a0is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.<\/li><li>2011\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing&#8217;s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the\u00a0EASA\u00a0and the\u00a0FAA.<\/li><li>2015\u00a0\u2013 Two U.S. journalists are\u00a0shot and killed\u00a0by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in\u00a0Moneta, Virginia.<\/li><li>2018\u00a0\u2013 Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a\u00a0mass shooting\u00a0at a\u00a0Madden NFL &#8217;19\u00a0video game tournament in\u00a0Jacksonville, Florida.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Sebastian B\u00f6nig, German footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler<\/li><li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Jayson Nix, American baseball player<\/li><li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Noah Welch, American ice hockey player<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0F\u00e9lix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Brandon McDonald, American football player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0David Price, American baseball player<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model<\/li><li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)<\/li><li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Evan Ross, American actor<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Danielle Savre, American actress<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Lars Stindl, German football player<\/li><li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James Harden, American basketball player<\/li><li>1990\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer<\/li><li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_26#cite_note-8\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1990 &#8211; The 55 Americans at the&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Embassy in Kuwait left Baghdad by car and headed for the Turkish border. 1991 &#8211; Soviet President Mikhail S. 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