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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_26" title="August 26">August 26</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes%27_Day_(Namibia)" title="Heroes' Day (Namibia)">Heroes' Day</a></b> in Namibia; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Equality_Day" title="Women's Equality Day">Women's Equality Day</a></b> in the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1071" title="1071">1071</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Seljuk_wars" title="Byzantine–Seljuk wars">Byzantine–Seljuk wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk_dynasty" title="Seljuk dynasty">Seljuk Turks</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alp_Arslan" title="Alp Arslan">Alp Arslan</a> captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanos_IV_Diogenes" title="Romanos IV Diogenes">Romanos IV</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert" title="Battle of Manzikert">Battle of Manzikert</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789" title="1789">1789</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen" title="Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen">Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen</a></b>, defining a set of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">individual and collective rights of the people</a>, was approved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Constituent_Assembly_(France)" title="National Constituent Assembly (France)">National Constituent Assembly</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_New_England_hurricane" title="1940 New England hurricane">1940 New England hurricane</a></b> formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> released "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude" title="Hey Jude">Hey Jude</a></b>", which became the then-longest single to top the UK charts.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – A bomb <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombing" title="Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing">was planted</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harveys_Lake_Tahoe" title="Harveys Lake Tahoe">Harvey's Resort Hotel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateline,_Nevada" title="Stateline, Nevada">Stateline, Nevada</a>, which the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> later described as the most complex <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">improvised explosive device</a> ever created.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Fothergill" title="Arnold Fothergill">Arnold Fothergill</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1854); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_Gale" title="Zona Gale">Zona Gale</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1874); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Parnok" title="Sophia Parnok">Sophia Parnok</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1933); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Judson" title="Reginald Judson">Reginald Judson</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1972)</p>
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