July 26

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 26. From 1900 until now. July 26 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Sandra Bullock (1964), Mick Jagger (1943) and Jason Statham (1967). Several movies were released around July 26 over the years, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 directed by Peter Weir and To Catch a Thief in 1955 directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
But much more happened on July 26 over the years: find out below

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2019 The U.S. Department of Justice approves a $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. If finalized, they will become the third-largest mobile network operator in the nation. (Reuters)
2018 Facebook stocks drop 20% (US$118 billion), setting a record as the biggest single stock market loss in one day, and marking the first time that a stock lost over $100 billion in one day. (CNBC)
2017 War in Afghanistan: According to the Defense Ministry, between 26 and 30 military personnel are dead and over 80 Taliban militants have been either killed or wounded amid intense fighting at a military base in Kandahar Province. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2016 Somali Civil War (2009–present): Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for a double suicide car bombing attack in Mogadishu near an African Union base at the city's airport. At least 13 people are killed, including seven UN guards. (AP) (Al-Jazeera)
2015 Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon: A 13-year-old female suicide bomber attacks in the Cameroonian town of Maroua, killing 20 people and injuring another 70. (Voice of America)Cameroonian officials order the closing of mosques and Islamic schools, and bar underage children from being at public places, following the recent strings of suicide bombings. (AP via Fox News)
2014 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict:: Israel agrees to pause its offensive on the Gaza Strip while negotiations continue for a broader ceasefire while Hamas violates the ceasefire. (New York Times)The death toll from the offensive exceeds 900. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)Fox News reports that Israel has extended the ceasefire by four hours with further extensions under consideration while Hamas rejects an extension. (Fox News)
2013 Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état:: Mass rival demonstrations are held across Egypt three weeks after Mohamed Morsi was deposed as president in a military coup d'état. At least eight people die and hundreds are injured in violence during the rallies. (Reuters) (BBC) (Times of Israel) (Al-Jazeera)
2012 Syrian civil war:
2011 The Reserve Bank of India increases interest rates to 8% in an effort to contain inflation which is currently at 9.44%. (BBC)
2010 The US Mint releases the 2010 Yosemite National Park quarter dollar to circulation.
2009 Former world boxing champion Vernon Forrest is shot dead in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the victim of an apparent robbery.
2008 56 people are killed and over 200 people are injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India.
2007 A 50-pound chunk of white ice crashes through the roof of a house, in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Other large chunks of ice fall from the clear sky, tearing through nearby trees.
2006 Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Operation Summer Rains):
2005 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on its "Return To Flight" mission. This is the first space shuttle flight in nearly 2 1/2 years since the breakup of Space Shuttle Columbia on its return from mission STS-107.
2004 (to July 29) The Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts nominates John Kerry for U.S. President and John Edwards for Vice President.
2003 The electorate of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma approves a new constitution redesignating the tribe quotCherokee Nationquot without quotof Oklahomaquot and specifically disenfranchising 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 (National Day)
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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