📜 This Day in History

August 26

• 683Second Fitna: The Battle of al-Harra was fought between Umayyad forces and the rebel defenders of Medina at a lava field northeast of the city.
• 1789French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
• 1914World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrendered to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• 1955Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards.
• 1968The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.
• 2008After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Born on this day

• 1743Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (died 1794)
• 1880Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1918)
• 1910Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
• 1980Chris Pine, American actor