Today is Thursday, August 26, the 238th day of 2010. There are 127 days left in the year.
55 B.C. ― Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Britain
1791 ― John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat
1883 ― Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
1907 ― Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds
1920 ― 19th amendment passes ― women's suffrage granted (about time!)
1942 ― 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France
1964 ― LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, N.J.
1972 ― Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany
1978 ― Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
1982 ― NASA launches Telesat-F