Today In History
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 26, the 239th day of 2020. There are 127 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1920: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
ON THIS DATE
› 55 B.C.: Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain, with only limited success.
› 1957: The Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
› 1958: Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.
› 1961: The original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto.
› 1972: The summer Olympics games opened in Munich, West Germany.
› 1985: Thirteen-yearold AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hookup at his home — school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person.
› 2017: Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat UFC fighter Conor McGregor in a boxing match in Las Vegas that was stopped by the referee in the 10th round; it was the last fight of Mayweather’s career and earned him an estimated $200 million.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is 75. R&B singer Valerie Simpson is 75. Pop singer Bob Cowsill is 71. Broadcast journalist Bill Whitaker is 69. Actor Brett Cullen is
64. Former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy is 61. Jazz musician Branford Marsalis is 60. Country musician Jimmy Olander (Diamond Rio) is 59. Actor Chris Burke is
55. Actor-singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is 54. Rock musician Dan Vickrey (Counting Crows) is 54. TV writer-actor Riley Weston is 54. Latin pop singer Thalia is 49. Actor Meredith Eaton is
46. Rock singer-musician Tyler Connolly (Theory of a Deadman) is 45. Actor Mike Colter is 44. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 40. Actor Chris Pine is 40. Comedian/actor/ writer John Mulaney is
38. Country singer Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line) is 35. R&B singer Cassie (aka Cassie Ventura) is 34. Actor Evan Ross is 32. Actor Danielle Savre is 32. Actor Dylan O’Brien is 29. Actor Keke Palmer is 27.