This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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August 26th, 2007	Death	Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (born in 1928)
August 26th, 2007	Death	Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (born in 1935)
August 26th, 2006	Death	Rainer Barzel, German politician (born in 1924)
August 26th, 2006	Death	Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (born in 1926)
August 26th, 2005	Death	Denis D Amour, Canadian guitarist (Voivod) (born in 1960)
August 26th, 2005	Death	Robert Denning, American interior designer (born in 1927)
August 26th, 2004	Death	Laura Branigan, American singer (born in 1957)
August 26th, 2003	Event	Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
August 26th, 2003	Death	Jim Wacker, American football coach (born in 1937)
August 26th, 2002	Event	Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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