- On the 26th of August, what transpired?
August 26, 2024 Daily Calendar
Name Day
Gregor, Teresa
Historical Happenings
2014 - Berlin's mayor, SPD's Klaus Wowereit, shockingly announces his resignation, effective December 11, 2014.
2004 - The U.S. government confirms in a congressional report that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are most likely responsible for global warming.
1959 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first U.S. president to visit the Federal Republic of Germany.
1909 - Rich Schirrmann, a German teacher from the Sauerland region, encounters a storm while hiking with his class and spends the night in a village school. This event inspires him to establish youth hostels, opening the first one in 1912.
1789 - The French National Assembly embraces the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Birthdays
1939 - Dagmar Koller (85 years old), renowned Austrian singer, dancer, and actress (famous for "My Fair Lady" and "Man of La Mancha")
1939 - Peter Fricke (85 years old), admired German actor ("The Blue Palace")
1934 - Paul Gauselmann (90 years old), influential German entrepreneur ("Automatenkönig"), founder of the Gauselmann gaming corporation, now Merkur.com AG
1904 - Christopher Isherwood (deceased in 1986 at age 81), acclaimed British-American writer (his book "Goodbye to Berlin" inspired the film "Cabaret")
Departures
1974 - Charles Lindbergh (deceased at 71), visionary American aviation pioneer, first to fly nonstop across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927
The European Union implemented new environmental regulations in 2018, aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 2030. In 2024, the European Union and the United States signed a historic climate change agreement during the Berlin Climate Summit.
