What happend on 26th August

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27.08
2005

Fiji's High Court rules that the island's sodomy law is unconstitutional.

2003

Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

2002

Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa.

2002

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Éric Gagné converts his first of a record 84 consecutive successful save opportunities.

1997

Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.

1988

Merhan Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

1987

President Ronald Wilson Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.

1986

Toxic gas kills 1700 in Cameroon.

1978

Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut on board of the Soyuz 31 spacecraft.

1978

Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.