Historical Events
26 Jul 1469
Wars of the Roses Battle of Edgecote Moor - Pitting the forces of Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick against those of King Edward IV
26 Jul 1497
Edward IVs son Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
26 Jul 1499
Spanish conquistador Alonso de Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
26 Jul 1524
James V declared fit to govern by the Scottish Parliament
26 Jul 1588
English Admiral John Hawkins knighted for his actions against the Armada
26 Jul 1267
Inquisition forms in Rome under Pope Clement IV
26 Jul 1309
Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V
26 Jul 1663
French troops invade papal territory Comtat Venaissin
26 Jul 1678
England and Netherlands signs treaty sending ultimatum to France
26 Jul 1757
Battle at Hastenbeck French army beats Duke of Cumberland
26 Jul 1759
11000 British troops drive a token French garison of 400 out of Fort Ticonderoga New York
26 Jul 1788
New York becomes 11th state to ratify US constitution
26 Jul 1790
US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
26 Jul 1803
The Surrey Iron Railway arguably the worlds first public railway opens in south London
26 Jul 1805
NaplesCalabria struck by Earthquake about 26000 die
26 Jul 1826
Riots in Vilnius Lithuania cause the death of many Jews
26 Jul 1847
Moses Gerrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
26 Jul 1847
The Liberian Declaration of Independence is signed making Liberia a sovereign nation independent from the American Colonization Society
26 Jul 1858
Baron Lionel de Rothschild becomes the 1st Jewish person elected to the British Parliament
26 Jul 1863
Battle of Salineville Ohio John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender
26 Jul 1864
-31] Riot at McCooks to Lovejoy Station Georgia
26 Jul 1864
Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church) Georgia [Hoods Third Sortie]
26 Jul 1865
Patrick Francis Healy is 1st African American awarded PhD (from University of Leuven Belgium)
26 Jul 1865
The capital of New Zealand moves from Auckland to Wellington
26 Jul 1878
In California poet and American West outlaw calling himself Black Bart makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box found later with a taunting poem inside.
26 Jul 1881
French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
26 Jul 1896
Vitascope Hall 1st permanent for-profit movie theatre opens in New Orleans
26 Jul 1897
37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell Maryland (state record)
26 Jul 1902
Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
26 Jul 1903
1st automobile trip across the United States (San Francisco to New York) completed by Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker
26 Jul 1908
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
26 Jul 1914
For the next two days the foreign ministries and leaders of major states work feverishly to avert war
26 Jul 1914
Irish Volunteers unload a shipment of 1500 rifles and 45000 rounds of ammunition arrive from Germany aboard Erskine Childers yacht the Asgard British troops fire on jeering crowd on Bachelors Walk Dublin killing three citizens
26 Jul 1914
12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
26 Jul 1916
The US Protests the Blacklist issued by the British forbidding trade with some 30 US firms
26 Jul 1918
Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed)
26 Jul 1926
Philippines government asks USA for a plebiscite on independence
26 Jul 1928
Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
26 Jul 1928
Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
26 Jul 1931
LPGA Western Open Womens Golf Midlothian CC June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones 3 & 2 for golfs only major title
26 Jul 1931
26th Davis Cup France beats Great Britain in Paris (3-2)
26 Jul 1931
25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France
26 Jul 1936
The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
26 Jul 1937
End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
26 Jul 1938
1st radio broadcast of Young Widder Brown on NBC
26 Jul 1939
Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
26 Jul 1942
RC churches protest Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism
26 Jul 1943
120F (49C) Tishmoningo Oklahoma (state record)
26 Jul 1943
Otto Skorzenys commando group arrives in Rome
26 Jul 1944
US offensive at St-Lo2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles
26 Jul 1944
The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain (nicknamed gasometer).
26 Jul 1945
US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
26 Jul 1945
Winston Churchill resigns as Britains Prime Minister after election defeat
26 Jul 1946
Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport
26 Jul 1947
46th Mens French Championships Jozsef Asboth beats Eric Sturgess (8-6 7-5 6-4)
26 Jul 1947
46th Womens French Championships Patricia Todd beats Doris Hart (6-3 3-6 6-4)
26 Jul 1947
US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act which establishes the Central Intelligence Agency
26 Jul 1948
1st black host of a network show-CBS Bob Howard Show
26 Jul 1948
President Harry Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 to desegregate the US armed forces directing equality of treatment and opportunity in the military
26 Jul 1949
WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
26 Jul 1950
Dodgers Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
26 Jul 1952
King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
26 Jul 1953
Cuban pirate radio stations 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
26 Jul 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
26 Jul 1953
Tour de France Louison Bobet of France wins first of 3 consecutive Tour general classification events
26 Jul 1954
WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
26 Jul 1955
37th PGA Championship Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit
26 Jul 1955
Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
26 Jul 1955
Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers
26 Jul 1956
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces plan to nationalize Suez Canal initiating the Suez Crisis
26 Jul 1957
USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
26 Jul 1957
Carlos Castillo Armas Dictator and President of Guatemala is assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies
26 Jul 1958
Army launches 4th US successful satellite Explorer IV
26 Jul 1962
Maria Oeljanov 1st airship with nuclear missiles arrives in Cuba
26 Jul 1962
Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
26 Jul 1963
Skopje Yugoslavia destroyed by earthquake kills 1000
26 Jul 1963
US Syncom 2 1st geosynchronous communications satellite launched
26 Jul 1963
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
26 Jul 1964
Teamsters President and US union leader Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy
26 Jul 1964
Train from Povoa de Varzin Portugal derails near Oporto 94 die
26 Jul 1965
Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day)
26 Jul 1966
WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
26 Jul 1966
Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent
26 Jul 1969
Sharon Sites Adams 39 becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
26 Jul 1971
Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
26 Jul 1972
Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle
26 Jul 1977
The Committee of 10 formed by prominent Soweto residents issues a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto South Africa
26 Jul 1978
11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
26 Jul 1979
Estimated 109 cm (43) of rain falls in Alvin Texas (national record)
26 Jul 1981
2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls Venezuela
26 Jul 1981
New York Mayor Ed Koch is given the Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
26 Jul 1982
Canadas Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
26 Jul 1982
Karen Dianne Baldwin 18 of Canada crowned 31st Miss Universe
26 Jul 1983
Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
26 Jul 1983
Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m womans record (153.28)
26 Jul 1983
US threatens action to preserve navigation in Persian Gulf
26 Jul 1984
Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of due to cocaine conviction
26 Jul 1986
Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
26 Jul 1987
Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame
26 Jul 1987
74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
26 Jul 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act comes into effect
26 Jul 1990
US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
26 Jul 1991
Expos Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings but loses in 10th
26 Jul 1991
Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida for exposing himself at an adult movie theater
26 Jul 1992
Man of La Mancha closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 performances
26 Jul 1992
US Open Womens Golf Oakmont CC Patty Sheehan wins an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster 72 to 74
26 Jul 1992
Tour de France Miguel Indurin of Spain defends his title by 4 35 from Italian Claudio Chiappucci Laurent Jalabert points winner
26 Jul 1993
Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea 66 killed
26 Jul 1993
Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars from 5 billion km
26 Jul 1994
Cambodias Red Khmer surprise attack on train kills 13
26 Jul 1994
Turkish air force bombs Kurds struggle in Iraq 70 killed
26 Jul 1998
US Senior Open Mens Golf Riviera CC Hale Irwin wins by 1 stroke ahead of Vicente Fernndez of Argentina
26 Jul 1999
Fighting ceases between India and Pakistan in the Kargil War Kashmir after two months of fighting
26 Jul 2005
Space Shuttle program STS-114 Mission - Launch of Discovery NASAs first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003
26 Jul 2005
Mumbai India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days
26 Jul 2005
Samir Geagea the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader is released after spending 11 years in a solitary confinement. His release came after the end of the Syrian occupation to Lebanon.
26 Jul 2007
40th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
26 Jul 2009
96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain
26 Jul 2009
British Open Senior Mens Golf Sunningdale American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Seniors title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk
26 Jul 2012
At least 200 people are killed in a day of violence in Syria
26 Jul 2012
Insurgent attack kills 19 people and destroys a helicopter at Baqubah Iraq
26 Jul 2012
North Korea is hit by Tropical Storm Khanun killing 88 people and leaving 60000 people homeless
26 Jul 2013
57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar Pakistan
26 Jul 2014
Taghrooda wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
26 Jul 2014
While Israel reject long-term ceasefire that does not include destroying the Hamas tunnels they agree to 12 hour ceasefire Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 1000
26 Jul 2014
The Chinese government suspendes the operations of a Shanghai meat dealer and has makes arrests after the company sold out-of-date meat to fast food chains including McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken
26 Jul 2015
102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
26 Jul 2017
Great Britain announces it will ban gasoline and diesel cars by 2040
26 Jul 2017
3 live king cobras reported found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles
26 Jul 2018
Facebook has the single worst day of any public company on the stock market - losing 19% or 119 billion market value
26 Jul 2018
Authorities in Stung Treng province Cambodia evacuate 25000 below collapsed Laos dam as waters rise
26 Jul 2018
Over 700 immigrant children still separated from their parents in the US as court-imposed deadline to reunite them passes
26 Jul 1533
Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Sapa Inca Emperor Atahualpa
26 Jul 1609
English mathematician Thomas Harriot is the first person to draw a map of the Moon by looking through a telescope
26 Jul 1790
US Congress passes the Funding Act of making the federal government responsible for debts incurred by the states
26 Jul 1931
26th International Lawn Tennis Challenge Paris Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4 1-6 9-76-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain
26 Jul 1955
PGA Championship Mens Golf Meadowbrook CC Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final first of 2 majors (Masters 1957)
26 Jul 2009
British Senior Open Mens Golf Sunningdale American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk
26 Jul 1759
11000 British troops drive a token French garrison of 400 out of Fort Ticonderoga New York
26 Jul 1928
In only his second and final defence of his world heavyweight boxing title Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium NYC
26 Jul 1931
International Lawn Tennis Challenge Paris France Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4 1-6 9-7 6-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain and 5th straight title
26 Jul 1959
Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan
26 Jul 1983
Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating for STS-8
26 Jul 1984
Bowie Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of due to cocaine conviction
26 Jul 1991
Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) is arrested in Florida for exposing himself at an adult movie theater
26 Jul 1993
The first of four photos of Mars is taken by the Mars Observer just under a month before the spacecraft failed in flight
26 Jul 2014
The Chinese government suspends a Shanghai meat dealer and makes arrests after the company sold out-of-date meat to fast food chains including McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken
26 Jul 1863
Battle of Salineville Ohio Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender to Union forces after a 17-day unauthorized raid through Indiana and Ohio
26 Jul 1903
Horatio Nelson Jackson Sewall K. Crocker and a bulldog named Bud complete 1st automobile trip across the United States San Francisco to New York in a 2-cylinder Winton (63 days 12 hours and 30 minutes)
26 Jul 1760
Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz during Third Silesian War
26 Jul 1864
-30] US Civil War Union Brig. General Edward McCook leads unsuccessful cavalry raids at Lovejoy Station Georgia
26 Jul 1864
-30] US Civil War Union General George Stoneman leads unsuccessful raid in Macon Georgia
26 Jul 1914
Britain attempts to organize a conference among major European powers to resolve dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia France Italy and eventually Russia agree to participate. but Germany refuses
26 Jul 1928
In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium NYC
26 Jul 1987
Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown New York
26 Jul 1499
Spanish conquistador Alonso de Ojeda is the first European to sight Curacao Island
26 Jul 1928
New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning beating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit
26 Jul 1948
1st Black host of a network show - Bob Howard Show on CBS
26 Jul 1991
Actor Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie theater in Sarasota Florida
26 Jul 2005
Samir Geagea the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader is released after spending 11 years in a solitary confinement his release came after Syria ends occupation of Lebanon
26 Jul 2014
Brian Ortegas victory over Mike De La Torre is overturned to No Contest after testing positive for drostanolone
26 Jul 2019
Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in 93-run win against England at Chelmsford Southern Stars clinch Womens Ashes
26 Jul 2021
Ship carrying migrants wrecks off coast of Al-Khums Libya killing at least 57 takes death toll in central Mediterranean to 987 for [1]
26 Jul 2021
Tunisian government in crisis after President Kais Saied sacks Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspends parliament with the help of the army because of its handling of COVID-19
26 Jul 2021
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz makes history becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55kg class at the Tokyo Games
26 Jul 2022
Russia announces it will leave the International Space Station at the end of 2024 [1]
26 Jul 2022
Two new studies published in Science both confirm COVID-19 mostly likely began in the Hunan Seafood Market in Wuhan China [1]
26 Jul 2023
Cambodias authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen in power since 1985 announces he will resign and pass his office to his son [1]
26 Jul 2023
Coup in Niger as presidential guards seize President Mohamed Bazoum and ministerial buildings in Niamey [1]
26 Jul 2023
US government being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP or UFOs) claims former military intelligence officer David Grusch testifying to US House committee [1]
26 Jul 2023
Worlds largest office building - Surat Diamond Bourse at 660000-square-metres (bigger than the Pentagon) is unveiled in Surat India by architectural studio Morphogenesis [1]
26 Jul 1678
England and Netherlands sign Treaty of Alliance at the Hague Netherlands formalizing co-operative defense against France
26 Jul 1805
Naples and Calabria are struck by an earthquake killing about 26000 people
26 Jul 1826
Riots in Vilnius Lithuania cause the death of many Jews
26 Jul 1847
Moses Gerrish Farmer builds first miniature train for children to ride
26 Jul 1858
Baron Lionel de Rothschild becomes the first Jewish person to be elected to the British Parliament
26 Jul 1864
US Civil War Union Brigadier General Edward McCook leads unsuccessful cavalry raids at Lovejoys Station Georgia
26 Jul 1865
Patrick Francis Healy is the first African American awarded a PhD from the University of Leuven Belgium
26 Jul 1866
The Royal Canoe Club founded by John MacGregor opens in England
26 Jul 1878
In California poet and American West outlaw calling himself Black Bart makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside.
26 Jul 1881
French marines occupy the Tunisian harbor city of Sfax
26 Jul 1896
Vitascope Hall the first permanent for-profit movie theater opens in New Orleans
26 Jul 1897
37.5 cm of rainfall is recorded at Jewell Maryland (state record)
26 Jul 1902
Australia defeats England by three runs at Old Trafford
26 Jul 1903
Horatio Nelson Jackson Sewall K. Crocker and a bulldog named Bud complete the first automobile trip across the United States traveling from San Francisco to New York in a two-cylinder Winton in 63 days 12 hours and 30 minutes
26 Jul 1914
Irish Volunteers unload a shipment of 1500 rifles and 45000 rounds of ammunition from Germany aboard Erskine Childers yacht the Asgard British troops fire on a jeering crowd on Bachelors Walk Dublin killing three citizens
26 Jul 1908
US Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
26 Jul 1914
Britain attempts to organize a conference among major European powers to resolve the dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia France Italy and eventually Russia agree to participate but Germany refuses
26 Jul 1916
The US protests the Blacklist issued by the British forbidding trade with some 30 US firms
26 Jul 1918
Race riot in Philadelphia kills three white people and one black person
26 Jul 1928
Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium NYC in only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title
26 Jul 1928
New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning defeating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit
26 Jul 1936
International communist conference members in Prague arrange create International Brigades to help the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War
26 Jul 1938
First radio broadcast of Young Widder Brown on NBC
26 Jul 1939
Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits three consecutive home runs
26 Jul 1942
Roman Catholic churches protest as Dutch bishops stand against the spread of Judaism
26 Jul 1943
120F (49C) in Tishmoningo Oklahoma (state record)
26 Jul 1944
US offensive at St-L2nd Armored Division occupies St. Gilles
26 Jul 1945
US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atomic bomb
26 Jul 1946
Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport
26 Jul 1948
First Black host of a network show Bob Howard Show on CBS
26 Jul 1950
Dodgers Jim Russell is the first to switch-hit home runs twice in a game
26 Jul 1952
King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates (Black Saturday)
26 Jul 1953
Cuban pirate radio stations first transmission in Santiago de Cuba
26 Jul 1958
Army launches fourth successful US satellite Explorer IV
26 Jul 1962
Maria Oeljanov first airship with nuclear missiles arrives in Cuba
26 Jul 1963
Skopje in Yugoslavia is destroyed by an earthquake killing 1000
26 Jul 1963
US Syncom 2 the first geosynchronous communications satellite launches
26 Jul 1964
Train from Povoa de Varzin Portugal derails near Oporto killing 94
26 Jul 1967
Minnesota Twins defeat the Yankees 3-2 in 18 innings
26 Jul 1969
Sharon Sites Adams 39 becomes the first woman to solo sail the Pacific
26 Jul 1971
Apollo 15 launches (Scott and Irwin) for the fourth manned landing on the Moon
26 Jul 1977
The Committee of Ten formed by prominent Soweto residents issues a program for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto South Africa
26 Jul 1979
Estimated 109 cm (43 inches) of rain falls in Alvin Texas (national record)
26 Jul 1981
Two climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls Venezuela
26 Jul 1982
Canadas Anik D1 Comsat is launched by a US Delta rocket
26 Jul 1983
Challenger moves to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for mating for STS-8
26 Jul 1983
Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800 m womans record (153.28)
26 Jul 1986
Lebanese kidnappers release Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
26 Jul 1987
Pitcher Jim Catfish Hunter outfielder Billy Williams and third baseman Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown New York
26 Jul 1990
US defeats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
26 Jul 1991
Expos Mark Gardner no-hits Dodgers for 9 innings but loses in 10th
26 Jul 1993
Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea killing 66
26 Jul 1993
The first of four photos of Mars is taken by the Mars Observer just under a month before the spacecraft fails in flight
26 Jul 1994
Cambodias Khmer Rouge surprise attack on train kills 13
26 Jul 1994
Turkish Air Force bombs Kurds in Iraq killing 70
26 Jul 2005
Mumbai India receives 99.5 cm (39.17 inches) of rain within 24 hours bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days
26 Jul 2005
Samir Geagea the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader is released after spending 11 years in solitary confinement his release comes after Syria ends its occupation of Lebanon
26 Jul 2012
Insurgent attack kills 19 people and destroys a helicopter in Baqubah Iraq
26 Jul 2014
While Israel rejects a long-term ceasefire that does not include destroying the Hamas tunnels they agree to a 12-hour ceasefire the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 1000
26 Jul 2017
Three live king cobras are found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles
26 Jul 2018
Facebook has the single worst day of any public company on the stock market losing 19% or 119 billion market value
26 Jul 2018
Over 700 immigrant children still separated from their parents in the US as the court-imposed deadline to reunite them passes
26 Jul 2019
Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records a T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in a 93-run win against England at Chelmsford Southern Stars clinch Womens Ashes
26 Jul 2021
Ship carrying migrants wrecks off the coast of Al-Khums Libya killing at least 57 and bringing the death toll in the central Mediterranean to 987 for [1]
26 Jul 2021
Tunisian government is in crisis after President Kais Saied sacks Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspends parliament with the help of the army due to its handling of COVID-19
26 Jul 2021
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz becomes the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55 kg class at the Tokyo Games
26 Jul 2022
Two new studies published in Science confirm COVID-19 most likely began in the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan China [1]
26 Jul 2023
Former military intelligence officer David Grusch testifies to a US House committee that the US government is being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs or UFOs) [1]
26 Jul 2023
Worlds largest office building Surat Diamond Bourse at 660000 square meters (bigger than the Pentagon) is unveiled in Surat India by architectural studio Morphogenesis [1]
26 Jul 2024
XXXIII Summer Olympic Games officially open along the River Seine and at Jardins du Trocadro in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris
26 Jul 1941
First group of the Dutch Volunteer Legion departs from Den Haag Central train station in The Hague for the Eastern Front to fight on the side of Germany [1]
26 Jul 1944
WWII first jet fighter used in combat German Luftwaffes Messerschmitt 262 attempts to down unarmed RAF reconnaissance aircraft over Munich but fails
26 Jul 2025
Almost 140000 civilians in Thailand and an estimated 38000 in Cambodia flee their homes as fighting between the two countries intensifies [1]
26 Jul 2025
Australian Defense Secretary Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary John Healey sign a 50-year bilateral Nuclear-Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Treaty in Geelong Australia
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