Today in History: August 26, De Gaulle leads victory march through Paris

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2026. There are 127 days left in the year.Today in history:On Aug. 26, 1944, French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation.Also on this date:In 1939, the first televised Major League Baseball games were broadcast on experimental station W2XBS: a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. The Reds won the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers the second, 6-1.In 1958, Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.In 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that resulted in the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey for president was mar