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Birthdays occurring on August, 26
| 1451 |
Christopher Columbus was born on August 26, 1451
Italian born Spanish navigator and adventurer. 1451-1506By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. More quotations from Christopher Columbus |
| 1743 |
Antoine Lavoisier was born on August 26, 1743
French chemist regarded as the father of modern chemistry. 1743-1794A man cannot live more than 24 hours unless he has at least three cubic meters of air that is being constantly replaced. More quotations from Antoine Lavoisier |
| 1850 |
Charles Richet was born on August 26, 1850
French physiologist, discover of and coiner of the term anaphylaxis. Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1913. 1850-1935I never said it was possible. I only said it was true. More quotations from Charles Richet |
| 1873 |
Lee De Forest was born on August 26, 1873
American electrical engineer and inventor of the Audion vacuum tube. 1873-1961You have debased my child You have made him a laughingstock of intelligence a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere. More quotations from Lee De Forest |
| 1874 |
Zona Gale was born on August 26, 1874
The world consists almost exclusively of people who are one sort and who behave like another sort More quotations from Zona Gale |
Deaths occurring on August, 26
| 1974 |
Charles Lindbergh died on August 26, 1974
American aviator remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, in 1927. 1902-1974I owned the world that hour as I rode over it. free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them. More quotations from Charles Lindbergh |
| 1975 |
Haile Selassie died on August 26, 1975
Ethiopian statesman and emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, 1892-1975It is much easier to show compassions to animals. They are never wicked. More quotations from Haile Selassie |
| 1976 |
Lotte Lehmann died on August 26, 1976
The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world. More quotations from Lotte Lehmann |
| 1978 |
Charles Boyer died on August 26, 1978
French stage and motion picture actor known as the prototypical suave Gallic lover. 1889-1978A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations-but they all will console themselves with another man. More quotations from Charles Boyer |
| 1979 |
Mika Waltari died on August 26, 1979
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. More quotations from Mika Waltari |
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