TODAY IN HISTORY

Sunday, August  26, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On Aug. 26, 1920, The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
On this date in: 1847 Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic. 1910 Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia. 1939 Major league baseball was televised for the first time when experimental station W2XBS broadcast a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. AP Photo 1957 The Soviet Union announced that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. 1961 The Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto. 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J. AP Photo/John Rous 1974 Aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh died at age 72. 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name John Paul I. 1986 In the so-called "preppie murder case," 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York's Central Park. (Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 15 years in prison.) 2003 Investigators concluded that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft did.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Actress Melissa McCarthy ("Mike and Molly") turns 42 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Name Profession Age Ben Bradlee Former Washington Post executive editor 91 Ben J. Wattenberg Author 79 Tom Heinsohn Basketball Hall of Famer 78 Tom Ridge Former director of homeland security 67 Valerie Simpson R&B singer (Ashford and Simpson) 66 Branford Marsalis Jazz saxophonist 52 Chris Burke Actor ("Life Goes On") 47 Adrian Young Rock musician (No Doubt) 43 Thalia Singer, actress 41 Macaulay Culkin Actor ("Home Alone") 32 Cassie R&B singer 26 Keke Palmer Actress 19 Actor Chris Pine ("Star Trek") turns 32 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini