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August 26:

 * 1942 - Holocaust in Chortkiv, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of houses, splits in groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 Jews to the Bełżec extermination camp. 500 sick and children were murdered on the spot.
 * 1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.