Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 26
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- 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.