August 26th in History
August 26th
Joan of Arc's arrival in the outskirts of Paris
In preparation for an attack on Paris , part of Charles VII 's campaign to drive the English from French soil, Joan of Arc
and her soldiers reached the city's outskirts on this day in 1429, but the assault ultimately failed.
..1936 Over 7,000 people queued to see the first high definition television pictures on sets at the Olympia Radio Show, west London. The pictures were transmitted by the BBC from Alexandra Palace, introduced by Leslie Mitchell, their first announcer.
1942 World War II: The beginning of the Holocaust in western Ukraine. At 2.30 am the German security police evicted Jews from their houses, divided them into groups of 120, packed them in freight cars and deported 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick, along with children, were murdered on the spot.
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Beatles Meet Yogi1967 The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, and Donovan meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a retreat in Bangor, Wales
Joan of Arc's arrival in the outskirts of Paris
In preparation for an attack on Paris , part of Charles VII 's campaign to drive the English from French soil, Joan of Arc
and her soldiers reached the city's outskirts on this day in 1429, but the assault ultimately failed.
..1936 Over 7,000 people queued to see the first high definition television pictures on sets at the Olympia Radio Show, west London. The pictures were transmitted by the BBC from Alexandra Palace, introduced by Leslie Mitchell, their first announcer.
1942 World War II: The beginning of the Holocaust in western Ukraine. At 2.30 am the German security police evicted Jews from their houses, divided them into groups of 120, packed them in freight cars and deported 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick, along with children, were murdered on the spot.
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Beatles Meet Yogi1967 The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, and Donovan meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a retreat in Bangor, Wales
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