What are the important events that happened on July 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 26 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 13, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,320 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,235 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 26 Historical Events
- 1822 –First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
- 1822 –José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
- 1847 –Liberia declares independence.
- 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.
- 1937 –End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1945 –The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
- 1951 –Walt Disney’s 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, United Kingdom.
- 1963 –Syncom 2, the world’s first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
- 1965 –Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
- 1990 –The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
Who were born on July 26?
- 1030 –Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and martyr (d. 1079)
- 1865 –Rajanikanta Sen, Bengali poet and music composer (d. 1910)
- 1908 –Salvador Allende, Chilean president (d. 1973)
- 1918 –Marjorie Lord, American actress
- 1948 –Herbert Wiesinger, German pairs skater
- 1949 –Thaksin Shinawatra, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1951 –Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 –Nana Visitor, American actress
- 1984 –Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
- 1985 –Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer
Who died on July 26?
- 342 –Jin Chengdi, Chinese emperor (b. 321)
- 796 –King Offa of Mercia (birth year unknown)
- 811 –Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine Emperor (birth year unknown)
- 1611 –Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
- 1712 –Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631)
- 1863 –Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1793)
- 1984 –Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
- 1994 –Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972)
- 2000 –John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
- 2004 –William A. Mitchell, American food chemist (b. 1911)
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