26 August 1920
On this date in 1920…
The ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared complete by the U.S. Secretary of State after Tennessee’s ratification.
Other Years:
1791 – John Fitch was granted a U.S. patent for steamboats.
1842 - The Caddo tribe signed a peace treaty with the Republic of Texas, pledging to encourage other tribes to sign treaties with the republic.
1863 - At the Battle of Rocky Gap or White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Colonel George S. Patton’s Confederate forces defeated a federal advance
1873 – The first free kindergarten in the U.S. was started by Susan Blow outside St. Louis, Missouri.
1966 - KLOC Channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina began broadcasts
1973 – The University of Texas at Arlington became the first accredited college to offer a course in belly dancing.
1987 – The Fuller Brush Company, that had sold its products door to door for 81 years, announced plans to open two retail stores in Dallas, Texas.
1990 – The bodies of two murdered college students were found in Gainesville, Florida.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3 storm after devastating central Florida
2003 - The Columbia Accident Investigation Board released its final report on the Space Shuttle Columbia break-up over Texas
2015 - WDBJ TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were murdered on TV by a former co-worker in Moneta, Virginia
2018 - a losing gamer at a Madden NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, returned and shot two people dead and wounded nine
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August 26, 1920 - a dark day, indeed.