July 26: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

July 26th marks the 207th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 208th in case of leap years). There are 158 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Sandra Bullock (1964), Mick Jagger (1943) and Jason Statham (1967).
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2019 The U.S. Department of Justice has approved a $26 billion merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. They will be the third largest mobile network operator in the country if they are successful.
2018 Facebook stock drops 20% (US$118billion), setting a new record for the largest stock market loss in one trading day and the first time that a stock has lost more than $100 billion in one trading day.
2017 War in Afghanistan: According the Defense Ministry, 26 to 30 military personnel have died and more than 80 Taliban militants were wounded in intense fighting at a Kandahar military base.
2016 Somali Civil War (2009-present). Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the double suicide car bombing attack on Mogadishu, near the African Union base at its airport. At least 13 people were killed, seven UN guards included.
2015 Boko Haram insurgency: A Cameroonian teenager suicide bomber attacks Maroua in Cameroon, killing 20 and injuring 70 more. (Voice of America). Following the recent string of suicide bombings, Cameroonian officials have ordered the closure of Islamic schools and mosques, and banned underage children from public places.
2014 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict : Israel agrees that it will halt its offensive on Gaza Strip, while negotiations for a wider ceasefire continue. Hamas continues to violate the ceasefire. (New York Times). The death toll from this offensive is more than 900. (AFP via Manila Bulletin). Fox News reports that Israel extended the ceasefire for four hours and is considering further extensions, while Hamas refuses to extend.
2013 Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d’etat: Three weeks after Mohamed Morsi, the president, was ousted in a military coup. During the demonstrations, at least eight people are killed and many more are injured by violence.
2012 Civil war in Syria:
2011 In an attempt to control inflation, the Reserve Bank of India raises interest rates to 8.8%
2010 The US Mint has released the 2010 Yosemite Park quarter dollar.
2009 Vernon Forrest, a former world champion boxer, is killed in Atlanta, Georgia USA. He was the victim of an apparent robbery.
2008 In 21 bomb explosions, more than 200 people are hurt in Ahmedabad Bombing in India. 56 people were killed.
2007 A chunk of white ice weighing 50 pounds crashes through a roof of a house in Dubuque, Iowa USA. Other large chunks also fell from clear skies, tearing through nearby forests.
2006 Conflict between Israel and Palestine (Operation Summer Rains).
2005 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its "Return to Flight" mission. This is the first time a space shuttle has flown in almost 2 1/2 years since Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on its return from STS-107.
2004 To July 29, John Kerry and John Edwards were nominated by the Democratic National Convention in Boston Massachusetts for President and Vice President, respectively.
2003 The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma elects a new constitution that redesignates the tribe quotCherokee Nationquot, without quotof Oklahomaquot, and specifically disenfranchises the Cherokee Freedmen.
2001 US Senate confirms Henrietta Holsman Fore as US Mint director.
1999 The last Checker taxi cab is retired in New York City and auctioned off for approximately US$135,000.
1998 19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera Country Club - Pacific Palisades, California
1997 Apple Computer releases Mac OS 8.0 for US$99. Code-name during development was Tempo.
1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
1992 Man of La Mancha closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 performances
1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
1989 A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer virus, making him the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco.
1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
1979 Estimated 109 cm (43 inches) of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record).
1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
1977 The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
1976 In Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate Republican delegates away from President Gerald Ford.
1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth.
1974 Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
1973 Peter Shaffers Equus, premieres in London
1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton
1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
1968 Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong ?inh 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.
1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain
1964 US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud
1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+
1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
1960 Italian government of Fanfani forms
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1958 Army launches fourth US successful satellite, Explorer IV.
1957 Mickey Mantle hits career home run number 200.
1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal.
1955 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook Country Club - Detroit
1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution.
1952 King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant
1947 Department of Defense forms
1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces
1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes Prime Minister
1944 Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
1943 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record).
1942 RAF bombs Hamburg
1941 Camp Amersfoort opened by Germany occupiers
1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
1938 1st radio broadcast of Young Widder Brown on NBC
1937 End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
1936 The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61-game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League.
1931 The millennialist Bible Student movement adopts the name Jehovah's Witnesses at a meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
1930 Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles, driving 11,555ampnbspkm using only a reverse gear the trip lasts the next 42 days.
1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1926 Philippines government asks US to plebiscite for independence
1920 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes over Sabina and contacts de la Huerta to offer his conditional surrender. He signs his surrender on July 28.
1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (three whites and one black killed).
1917 J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice
1915 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
1908 Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
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