On this day ......

[PalacePaul]

August 26 is Namibia Day
Also, on August 26, 1987 my beloved little sister was born

 

[unloadonme]

26 August 1819 - Birth of Albert, Prince Consort

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort

 

[BillyT]

August 26, 1974, Charles Lindbergh — the first man to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic — died at his home in Hawaii at age 72.

 

[unloadonme]

27 August 1979 - Murder of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma

 

[BillyT]

August 27, 1883 – Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.

 

[unloadonme]

28 August 1592 – Birth of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham

 

[BillyT]

August 28, 1925 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer was born.

 

[unloadonme]

29 August 1799 - Death of Pope Pius VI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI

 

[BillyT]

August 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

 

[unloadonme]

31 August 1422 - Death of King Henry V of England.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England

 

[BillyT]

August 31, 1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter was born.

 

[unloadonme]

1 September 1715 - Death of King Louis XIV of France (the "Sun King")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France

 

[BillyT]

September 1, 1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born.

 

[unloadonme]

7 September 1910 - Death of William Holman Hunt, OM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holman_Hunt

 

[BillyT]

September 7, 1901. The Peace of Beijing ended the Boxer Rebellion in China.

 

[unloadonme]

8 September 1933 - Death of King Faisal I of Iraq

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_I_of_Iraq

 

[PalacePaul]

September 8, 1927. My grandmother was born.

 

[BillyT]

September 8, 1565 1st permanent European settlement in the US founded at St. Augustine, Florida

 

[unloadonme]

15 September 1890 - Birth of Dame Agatha Christie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

 

[BillyT]

September 15, 1984 - Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex is a member of the British royal family and was born on this day.