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On this day — August 26

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

Observed today

National Dog Day

Invented by a pet-lifestyle expert in 2004; adopted by basically every dog owner with a phone since. Shelters get a bump in adoptions.

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2023

Milestone

Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting

there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 people dead.

2021

Milestone

During the 2021 Kabul airlift

a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.

2018

Sport

Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

2015

Milestone

Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

2014

Milestone

The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.

2011

Milestone

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

2009

Science

Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years

Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.

2003

Milestone

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.

1999

Politics

Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

1998

Disaster

The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.

1997

Milestone

Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria

leaving 60 to 100 people dead.

1993

Milestone

Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport

killing all 24 aboard.

1980

Milestone

After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline

Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.

1978

Milestone

Papal conclave

Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.

1977

Milestone

Observed today

National Dog Day

Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting

During the 2021 Kabul airlift

Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years

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.

Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.

Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria

Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport

After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline

Papal conclave

The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.