Every yearAugust 26
Everything August 26 celebrates
8 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for August 26 every year.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Make Your Own Luck DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | Musical Yoga Day | Health | |
| 03 | National Cherry Popsicle Day | Food | |
| 04 | National Dog Day | Dogs | |
| 05 | National Got Checked Day | Health |
| 06 | National McChicken Day | Food | |
| 07 | National Toilet Paper Day | Celebration | |
| 08 | Women's Equality Day | Community |
Born on August 26
Historic figures
- Mother Teresa1910–1997Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint
- Antoine Lavoisier1743–1794French chemist and biologist
- Guillaume Apollinaire1880–1918Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic
- Julio Cortázar1914–1984Belgian-Argentinian author and translator
- James Franck1882–1964German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Katherine Johnson1918–2020American physicist and mathematician
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1819–1861Prince Consort of the United Kingdom
- Yun Po-sun1897–1990South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea
- Johann Heinrich Lambert1728–1777Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer
- Prem Tinsulanonda1920–2019Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand
Celebrities & public figures
- Chris Pineb. 1980American actor
- Macaulay Culkinb. 1980American actor
- Melissa McCarthyb. 1970American actress
- Keke Palmerb. 1993American actress and singer
- Dylan O'Brienb. 1991American actor
- Thalíab. 1971Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
- Edward Wittenb. 1951American physicist and academic
- Mehriban Aliyevab. 1964
- Michael Goveb. 1967Scottish journalist and politician
- Cassie Venturab. 1986American singer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers August 26 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see August 26, 2027.
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