Born on 26 August 2019

At A Glance

26 August 2019 at a glance

Day of the week

26 August 2019 was a Monday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello.

Top Film of 2019

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.

Star sign

The star sign for 26 August is Virgo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 26 August 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 26 August 2019 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 26 August

• 1977 The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
• 1978 Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
• 1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
• 2011 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
• 2014 The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.

Famous people born on 26 August

• Macaulay Culkin, American actor (born 1980)
• Keke Palmer, American actress and singer (born 1993)
• Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (1910–1997)
• Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)

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