August 26

Monday 26, 1940:

Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.

Saturday 26, 1939:

The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.

Monday 26, 1839:

The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.

Wednesday 26, 1789:

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen approved by Constituent Assembly at Palace of Versailles

Friday 26, 1278:

Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in Moravia.