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This day in history: 26 July

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407 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 26 July.
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2016: Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Andrew of Phú Yên

Christian feast day: Anne and Joachim (Western Christianity)

Christian feast day: Bartolomea Capitanio

Christian feast day: Blessed Camilla Gentili

Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Pierina

Christian feast day: George Preca

Christian feast day: July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Paraskevi of Rome (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Titus Brandsma

Christian feast day: Venera

Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)

Emancipation Day (Barbados)

Events

2016Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

2016Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.

2016The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.

2011A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.

2009The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.

2008Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.

2005Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.

2005Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.

1999Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.

1993Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.

1990The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.

1989A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

1977The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.

1974Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.

1971Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.

1968Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.

1963An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.

1963Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.

1963The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.

1958Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.

1957Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.

1956Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.

1953Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.

1953Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement

1953Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the

1952King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.

1951Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.

1948U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.

1947Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the U

1946Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.

1945The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.

1945World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.

1945World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.

1945World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.

1944World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.

1941World War II: Battle of Grand Harbour, British forces on Malta destroy an attack by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS. Fort St Elmo Bridge covering the harbour is demolished in the process.

1941World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.

1937Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.

1936King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

1936Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.

Born on this day

2000Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress

1998Achraf El Yakhloufi, Belgian politician

1997Sebastian Aho, Finnish ice hockey player

1996Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete

1994Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player

1993Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player

1993Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress

1992Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player

1991Chinami Yoshida, Japanese curler

1991Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player

1990Bianca Santos, American actress

1989Jeon Yeo-been, South Korean actress

1988Anthony Smith, American Mixed Martial Artist

1988Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer

1988Yurie Omi, Japanese announcer and news anchor

1987Alec Martinez, American ice hockey player

1987Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer

1987Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer

1986John White, English footballer

1986Leonardo Ulloa, Argentinian footballer

1986Monica Raymund, American actress

1985Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter

1985Gaël Clichy, French footballer

1985Marcus Benard, American football player

1985Mat Gamel, American baseball player

1984Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player

1984Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper

1984Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer

1983Delonte West, American basketball player

1983Kelly Clark, American snowboarder

1983Ken Wallace, Australian kayaker

1983Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player

1983Roderick Strong, American wrestler

1983Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer

1982Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer

1982Gilad Hochman, Israeli composer

1981Abe Forsythe, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter

1981Maicon Sisenando, Brazilian footballer

1980Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Died on this day

2025Tom Lehrer, American singer, comedian and mathematician (born 1928)

2023Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966)

2021Joey Jordison, American musician (born 1975)

2020Olivia de Havilland, American actress (born 1916)

2019Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)

2019Russi Taylor, American voice actress (born 1944)

2018Adem Demaçi, Kosovo Albanian politician and writer (born 1936)

2018John Kline, American basketball player (born 1931)

2017June Foray, American voice actress (born 1917)

2017Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943)

2017Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973)

2016Solomon Feferman, American philosopher and mathematician (born 1928)

2015Ann Rule, American police officer and author (born 1931)

2015Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (born 1934)

2015Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (born 1926)

2015Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (born 1922)

2014Charles R. Larson, American admiral (born 1936)

2014Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (born 1965)

2014Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (born 1938)

2014Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)

2014Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (born 1954)

2013George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1919)

2013Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (born 1925)

2013Luther F. Cole, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)

2013Sung Jae-gi, South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967)

2012Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (born 1927)

2012James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927)

2012Karl Benjamin, American painter and educator (born 1925)

2012Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (born 1942)

2012Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (born 1918)

Quote of the day

“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms; you will be able to use them better when you are older.”

Seneca

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