About July 26
July 26, 2025 is the 207th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 206 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 26
- 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.
- 1509 –The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1533 –Atahualpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro’s Spanish conquistadors. His death marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
- 1745 –The first recorded women’s cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
- 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.
- 1861 –American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
- 1891 –France annexes Tahiti.
- 1936 –King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
- 1937 –End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
- 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.
- 1958 –Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
- 1963 –The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
- 1971 –Apollo Program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo “J-Mission”, and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
- 1974 –Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country’s first civil government after seven years of military rule.
- 1990 –The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
- 2005 –Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
- 2005 –Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA’s first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
- 2009 –The 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.
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