Talk:August 26

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August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

1071 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (pictured), defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
1940 – The 1940 New England hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.
1968 – The Beatles released "Hey Jude", which became the then-longest single to top the UK charts.
1980 – A bomb was planted at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, which the FBI later described as the most complex improvised explosive device ever created.

Arnold Fothergill (b. 1854)
Zona Gale (b. 1874)
Sophia Parnok (d. 1933)
Reginald Judson (d. 1972)

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Needs article[edit]

Denis D'Amour Rklawton 18:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What the hell does this mean: "1969 - Canada decriminalized sodomy by the Prime Minister, by saying and quoting: "the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation""

I take it the Prime Minister committed sodomy? And he was decrimiled? And the country of Canada actually spoke? Can't find any references to confirm or deny...

(Inter)national Dog(s) Day[edit]

August 26th seems to be widely publicized as National Dog Day, National Dogs Day, International Dog Day, and International Dogs Day.

https://www.nationaldogday.com/
A Twitter search on 'International Dog Day' founds hundreds (thousands) of posts of pooch photos FOR IDD.

Could we get something together about this so we can list it on August 26th. MaynardClark (talk) 14:59, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Crecy[edit]

I have taken Battle of Crecy from C class to featured article over the past three months. It passed FAC less than three weeks ago. I have just noticed that it featured in OTD yesterday. (I wondered why it was getting a lot of random edits.) As there is no RS that I know of that backs up the phraseology used in the OTD blurb, and it is wrong in several ways to the point of embarrassment - not to mention contradicting the article - I hope that it is OK if I replace it. Should I post suggestions here for discussion or just boldly amend it? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 02:29, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Given the lack of response, I shall be bold. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:16, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]