Birthdays occurring on August, 26

1451

Christopher Columbus was born on August 26, 1451 Italian born Spanish navigator and adventurer. 1451-1506 By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. More quotations from Christopher Columbus

1743

Antoine Lavoisier was born on August 26, 1743 French chemist regarded as the father of modern chemistry. 1743-1794 A man cannot live more than 24 hours unless he has at least three cubic meters of air that is being constantly replaced. More quotations from Antoine Lavoisier

1850

Charles Richet was born on August 26, 1850 French physiologist, discover of and coiner of the term anaphylaxis. Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1913. 1850-1935 I never said it was possible. I only said it was true. More quotations from Charles Richet

1873

Lee De Forest was born on August 26, 1873 American electrical engineer and inventor of the Audion vacuum tube. 1873-1961 You have debased my child You have made him a laughingstock of intelligence a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere. More quotations from Lee De Forest

Deaths occurring on August, 26

1974

Charles Lindbergh died on August 26, 1974 American aviator remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, in 1927. 1902-1974 I owned the world that hour as I rode over it. free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them. More quotations from Charles Lindbergh

1976

Lotte Lehmann died on August 26, 1976 The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world. More quotations from Lotte Lehmann

1978

Charles Boyer died on August 26, 1978 French stage and motion picture actor known as the prototypical suave Gallic lover. 1889-1978 A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations-but they all will console themselves with another man. More quotations from Charles Boyer