26 August

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 26 August:

1. Born on this date in 1676 was Robert Walpole, generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Walpole, a Whig, served during the reigns of George I and George II.
2. In 2006, Darren Manship, 33, decided to test out whether his new jacket was “stab proof” - while wearing it. He bled to death.
3. The first televised Baseball game was broadcast on this date in 1939. It was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
4. In 1946, one Norma Jean Baker signed a contract with 20th Century Fox. Her name was changed to Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn after dancer Marilyn Miller and Monroe after her mother's maiden name.
5. A Gallup Poll released on this date in 1991 revealed that people who eat ice cream frequently take more baths and are less likely to be nervous than people who rarely eat Ice cream.
6. Toilet paper was first sold on a roll on this date in 1871 – 1,000 years after the Chinese invented it in 580.
7. In 1498, Michelangelo, was commissioned by Pope Alexander VI to carve the Pieta: Mary lamenting over the dead body of Jesus. The work was completed in 1501.
8. In 1883, the volcano Krakatoa began erupting. The eruption destroyed two-thirds of the island and killed 36,000 people. The blast was heard thousands of miles away. Sea waves occurred as far away as Cape Horn, and possibly England, cooling the world for a year.
9. In 1973, the University of Texas at Arlington became the first to offer a course in belly dancing.
10. In 2000, at the Bog Snorkelling world championships in Wales, John Cantalon, from Ireland, set a world record of 1m 39.13s to complete the 120 yard course wearing a wetsuit, snorkel, goggles and flippers.

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