July 26

July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining.

Events

• 1788 - New York ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 11th state of the United States.
• 1847 - Liberia gains independence.
• 1861 - George McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac.
• 1887 - L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language"
• 1908 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is founded.
• 1953 - Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks[?], begins Cuban revolution
• 1958 - Explorer IV is launched
• 1971 - Launch of Apollo 15.
• 1989 - Robert Morris indicted for releasing a computer virus.

Births

• 1782 - John Field, composer (+ 1837)
• 1856 - George Bernard Shaw, author, playwright, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1925 (+ 1950)
• 1865 - Philipp Scheidemann[?], politician (+ 1939)
• 1875 - Carl Gustav Jung, founded analytic psychology[?] (+ 1961)
• 1894 - Aldous Huxley, author (+ 1963)
• 1895 - Robert Graves, writer (+ 1985)
• 1897 - Paul Gallico[?], author (+ 1976)
• 1902 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne (+ 1964)
• 1903 - Estes Kefauver[?], former United States Senator from Tennessee (+ 1963)
• 1908 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile 1970-1973 (+ 1973)
• 1909 - Vivian Vance[?], actress (+ 1979)
• 1920 - Bob Waterfield[?], National Football League player (+ 1983)
• 1921 - Jean Shepherd[?], writer (+ 1999)
• 1922 - Blake Edwards, movie director
• 1922 - Jason Robards[?], actor (+ 2000)
• 1923 - Hoyt Wilhelm, Major League Baseball player
• 1928 - Stanley Kubrick, movie director (+ 1999)
• 1939 - John Howard, Australian Prime Minister
• 1943 - Mick Jagger, musician
• 1944 - Micki King[?], Olympic gold medal diver
• 1945 - Helen Mirren, actress
• 1956 - Dorothy Hamill[?], Olympic gold medal figure skater
• 1959 - Kevin Spacey, Academy Award winning actor
• 1964 - Sandra Bullock, actress
• 1973 - Kate Beckinsale[?], actress

Deaths

• 796 - Offa, king of Mercia
• 1863 - Sam Houston, American politician, former President of Texas
• 1925 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician
• 1925 - William Jennings Bryan, American politician
• 1932 - Frederick Duesenberg[?], automotive inventor
• 1935 - Winsor McCay, early cartoonist
• 1952 - Eva Perón, former President of Argentina
• 1984 - Ed Gein, serial killer
• 1986 - Averell Harriman, American diplomat

Holidays and Observances

• Cuba - Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks Attack Day (1953), Revolution Day
• Liberia - Independence Day
• Maldives - Independence Day

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