TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT August 26, 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 1939

The first televised major league baseball games were shown on experimental station W2XBS: a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

1985

13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home -- school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person.

2017

Hurricane Harvey spun into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain.