On This Day in History - August 26 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - August 26 |
0580 August 26
0580-08-26
Chinese invents toilet paper
1920 August 26
1920-08-26
Women in the United States were given the right to vote.
1973 August 26
1973-08-26
10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners
1982 August 26
1982-08-26
NASA launches Telesat-F
1994 August 26
1994-08-26
The first battery operated heart was implanted inside a male patient in Britain. The man, however, died from kidney failure nine months after the operation.
