AUGUST 26
1944:A day after Maj. Gen. Philippe Leclerc's French 2nd Armored Division —
with the help of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division — liberates Paris from
Nazi occupation, Free French Forces leader Gen. Charles de Gaulle
triumphantly marches down the Champs Élysées.
1839: The Cuban slave ship Amistad is captured by the USS Washington in Long Island Sound, following a mutiny in which the African captives had seized control of the ship. Former President John Quincy Adams defends the captives
in a case before the Supreme Court, which rules that the Africans were
unlawfully captured. They are freed and allowed to return to Africa.
1973: A joint congressional resolution, introduced by Rep.
Bella Abzug of New York, designates Aug. 26 as Women's Equality Day,
commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920.
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