Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 26

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-	* 1858 - First news dispatch by telegraph.	+	* [[August]] 25th is National Heroes' Day in the Philippines.
-	* 1910 - Mother Teresa is born.	+	* 1847 - Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
-	* 1922 - Turkish Army started attack on Greeks... again.	+	* 1910 – Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary, is born. (d. 1997)
		+	* 1961 - The International Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto.
	* 1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast.		* 1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast.
-	* Today is National Heroes' Day in the Philippines.

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Current revision as of 16:10, 17 August 2009

• August 25th is National Heroes' Day in the Philippines.
• 1847 - Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
• 1910 – Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary, is born. (d. 1997)
• 1961 - The International Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto.
• 1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast.