What happend on 26th August

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1976

Raymond Barre becomes Prime Minister of France.

1972

Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, Germany.

1968

The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is released as a single in the United States under the Apple Records label.

1968

Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, Illinois

1957

The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM

1944

World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.

1940

Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.

1939

The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.

1920

19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.

1914

World War I: The German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.