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What happened in history on this day: August 26?
On August 26 in ...
- 1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast (W2XBS New York), a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
- 1955 - First color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup).
- 2003 - ESPN debuts the Playmakers television show.
Births on August 26
- 1880 - Birth of Guillaume Apollinaire in France; poet/movie critic (Alcoola).
- 1915 - Birth of Jim Davis in Edgerton, Missouri, USA; actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas).
- 1917 - Birth of Jan Clayton in Tularosa, New Mexico, USA; actress (Ellen Miller - Lassie).
- 1919 - Birth of Ronny Graham in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Bob Crane Show, Chico and the Man).
- 1938 - Birth of Francine York in Aurora, Minnesota, USA; actress (Slattery's People).
- 1947 - Birth of Candy Moore in Maplewood, New Jersey, USA; actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy and Champ).
- 1960 - Birth of Branford Marsalis; bandleader, actor (Bring on the Night).
- 1965 - Birth of Chris Burke; actor with down syndrome (Life Goes On).
- 1970 - Birth of Melissa McCarthy; actress (Samantha Who?, Gilmore Girls).
- 1980 - Birth of Macaulay Culkin; American actor (Home Alone, My Girl, Kings, Wish Kid).
Deaths on August 26
- 1963 - Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger - Mr Ed), dies at age 67.
- 1966 - Death of Art Baker at age 67 of a heart attack; host (You Asked For It TV show).
- 1976 - Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at age 65.
- 1978 - Death of Charles Boyer at age 78; actor (Four-Star Playhouse TV show, The Rogues TV show) (born 1899).
- 1980 - Death of Tex Avery, American cartoonist and creator of Looney Toons (born 1908).
- 1983 - Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at age 61 of cancer.
- 1986 - Death of Ted Knight at age 62 of colon cancer; actor (Ted Baxter - Mary Tyler Moore TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Bob Barker at age 99 at home in Los Angeles, California; radio announcer, TV show host (Truth of Consequences, The Price is Right (1972-2007, over 6500 episodes, 18 Daytime Emmy awards)).
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