📅 August 26 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on August 26? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 🗳️ Women’s Equality Day
- 🐕 National Dog Day
⏳ On this day in history
- 1542Explorer Francisco de Orellana reached the mouth of the Amazon River
- 1768Captain James Cook set sail on the ship Endeavour
- 1791John Fitch received a US patent for a steamboat
- 1920The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, officially became part of the Constitution
🎂 Born on August 26
- 🧮 Katherine Johnson (1918) — NASA mathematician
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August 26 quiz
In what year? 🌊 Explorer Francisco de Orellana reached the mouth of the Amazon River
In what year? ⛵ Captain James Cook set sail on the ship Endeavour
In what year? 🚢 John Fitch received a US patent for a steamboat
Which famous person was born on August 26?