August 26 is the 238th day of the year.
Event
- 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa began.
- 1931: This was the date that Marty McFly and Citizen Brown intended to jump to in order to prevent any growing relationship between the younger Emmett Brown and Edna Strickland. The malfunction of the time circuits, however, caused them to arrive in October 12 of the same year.