About July 26
July 26, 2024 is the 208th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 187 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 26
- 657 –First Fitna: the Battle of Siffin see the troops led by Ali ibn Abi Talib and those led by Muawiyah I clashing.
- 1309 –Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
- 1469 –Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England takes place.
- 1581 –Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
- 1758 –French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- 1775 –The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1822 –José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
- 1847 –Liberia declares independence.
- 1891 –France annexes Tahiti.
- 1914 –Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
- 1944 –The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain.
- 1944 –World War II: the Soviet army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, liberating it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
- 1951 –Walt Disney’s 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, United Kingdom.
- 1952 –King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
- 1953 –Arizona 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.
- 1953 –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
- 1958 –Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
- 1965 –Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
- 1977 –The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
- 1989 –A 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.
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