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On Aug. 26, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions.
In 1906 Albert Sabin, the Polish-American doctor who would go on to develop a polio vaccine, was born in what is now Poland.
In 1920 the 19th Amendment to the Constitution took effect, giving voting rights to women.
In 1996 the Democrats opened their 42nd national convention in Chicago.
In 2003 investigators concluded that NASA’s overconfidence and inattention to safety contributed to the Columbia shuttle disaster.
In 2004, at the Athens Olympics, the U.S. women’s soccer team won the gold medal by beating Brazil, 2-1, in overtime.
