Daily Almanac: August 26, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:08 a.m.
SET: 8:30 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 87 °F
LOW: 71 °F

Today is…

• National Dog Day
• Pony Express Day
• Women’s Equality Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1978 First German to go into Space. Sigmund Jähn, a pilot from the East German Air Force joined the crew of Soyuz 31, a Soviet manned space flight to the Salyut 6 space station.
• 1955 First Tennis Match to be Telecast in Color. The Davis Cup match between Australia and the US from the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, was telecast on NBC.• 1920 19th Amendment to the US Constitution Takes Effect. The amendment extended universal suffrage to women in the United States. Before this, women in some states could vote in local and state elections. The Amendment was first introduced in Congress 42 years ago in 1878 by Senator Aaron A. Sargent. In 1919, the Congress approved the amendment and sent it to the states to be ratified.

Births On This Day

• 1970 Melissa McCarthy

American actress, writer, producer
• 1910 Mother Teresa

Macedonian/Indian missionary, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day

• 1974 Charles Lindbergh

American pilot, activist
• 1850 Louis Philippe I

French king