Famous Birthdays
- Carl Wilhelm de Vries, Dutch jurist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1967)
- James Franck, German-American physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1925), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1964)
- Johannes Lindeboom, Dutch vicar and church historian (Neth Archives), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1958)
1882 Highlights
About August 26, 1882
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 140 years, 9 months and 8 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Virgo
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