Today in History - History - August 26th

1346Battle of Crécy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army, cannons used for first time in battle

1990Beth Daniel wins LPGA Northgate Golf Classic

1912Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends

1964LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ

1498Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.

1971Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth one million dollars, the first million dollar contract in NHL history

1979Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic

1996President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy

1996"7th Heaven", starring Jessica Biel, debuts on The WB

1985Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels

1957Rick Hansen, Port Alberni British Columbia, Canadian paraplegic athlete (3 gold medals)

1921Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive (Washington Post)

1980Macaulay Culkin, NYC, actor (Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich)

1845Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)

1965Mobster and nbi informant Henry Hill (22) weds Karen Friedman in North Carolina

1926Poet Arna Bontemps (24) weds fellow Seventh-Day Adventist Alberta Johnson

1974Charles Lindbergh, US aviator, dies at 72

1910William James, American psychologist and philosopher (Pragmatism), dies at 68