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657 — Battle of Siffin

The Battle of Siffin (Arabic: معركة صفّين, romanized: Maʿraka Ṣiffīn) was fought in 657 CE (37 AH) between the forces of the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the forces of the Umayyad governor of Syria, Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. The battle is named after its location Siffin on the banks of the Euphrates river.

First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.

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811 — Battle of Pliska

The Battle of Pliska or Battle of Vărbitsa Pass was a series of battles between the forces of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Nicephorus I, and the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Krum in July 811. The Byzantines plundered and burned the Bulgar capital Pliska which gave time for the Bulgarians to block passes in the Balkan Mountains that served as exits out of Bulgaria. The final battle took place on 26 July 811, in some of the passes in the eastern part of the Balkans, most probably the Vărbitsa Pass.

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920 — Battle of Valdejunquera

The Battle of Valdejunquera took place in a valley called Iuncaria (Spanish: val de Junquera) on 26 July 920 between the Islamic Emirate of Córdoba and the Christian armies of the kingdoms of León and Pamplona. The battle, a victory for the Córdobans, was part of the "Campaign of Muez" (Campaña de Muez), which was directed primarily against León's southern line of defence, the County of Castile along the Duero river.

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1184 — Erfurt latrine disaster

On 26 July 1184, in the German city of Erfurt, approximately sixty local nobles died when the floor of a building collapsed through the ground floor and into the latrine cesspit below. They were attending a Hoftag ("court day") conducted by King Henry VI when their combined weight caused the floor of the building to collapse. Some of the attendees drowned in human waste after falling into the cesspit.

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1340 — Battle of Saint-Omer

The Battle of Saint-Omer, fought on 26 July 1340, was a major engagement in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War, during Edward III's 1340 summer campaign against France launched from Flanders. The campaign was initiated in the aftermath of the English naval victory at the Battle of Sluys but was far less successful than Edward had hoped.

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1346 — Battle of Caen (1346)

The Battle of Caen was an assault conducted on 26 July 1346 by forces from the Kingdom of England, led by King Edward III, on the French-held town of Caen and Normandy as a part of the Hundred Years' War. The assault was part of the Chevauchée of Edward III, which had started a month earlier when the English landed in Normandy.

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1476 — Battle of Valea Albă

The Battle of Valea Albă or Battle of Războieni or Battle of Akdere was an important event in the medieval history of Moldavia. It took place at Războieni, also known as Valea Albă, on July 26, 1476, between the Moldavian army of Ştefan cel Mare and an invading Ottoman army which was commanded personally by the Sultan Mehmed II.

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1529 — The Spanish Crown grants Francisco Pizarro the Capitulation of Toledo

The Spanish Crown issued a royal agreement in Toledo authorizing Francisco Pizarro’s expedition and granting him titles to govern the territory he was authorized to conquer along the Pacific coast of South America.

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1547 — Henry II is crowned at Reims

On July 26, 1547, Henry II was crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral. He had succeeded his father, Francis I, in March.

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1566 — Action of 26 July 1566

The battle that took place on 26 July 1566 during the Northern Seven Years' War and was a slight victory for a Swedish fleet over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet. It began just east of Öland and the Allied fleet eventually retreated toward Gotland. Two days after the battle a storm sank fourteen of the Allied ships while they were anchored near Visby, drowning around 5900 men.

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1582 — Battle of Vila Franca do Campo

The naval Battle of Vila Franca do Campo, also known as Battle of Ponta Delgada and Naval Battle of Terceira Island, took place on 26 July 1582, off the coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, during the War of the Portuguese Succession.

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1592 — Battle of the Barbary Coast

The Battle of the Barbary Coast was a minor naval engagement that took place off in the Barbary Coast not far from the Gibraltar Strait, on July 26, 1592 during the Anglo-Spanish War. The hard fought action by an English merchant galleon in the Amity of London captained by Thomas White resulted in the capture of two Spanish ships which included a galleon despite them being outnumbered four to one.

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1619 — Battle of Kaiyuan

The Battle of Kaiyuan was a conflict between the Later Jin and Ming dynasty in the summer of 1619. Following the victory at the Battle of Sarhu, Nurhaci continued the attack on Ming by assaulting the city of Kaiyuan. The Jin attack occurred during a heavy downpour. Ming dispatched a small relief contingent of 100 men, but they were intercepted by a Jin force and suffered 32 casualties.

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1643 — Storming of Bristol

The storming of Bristol took place from 23 to 26 July 1643, during the First English Civil War. The Royalist army under Prince Rupert captured the important port of Bristol from its weakened Parliamentarian garrison. The city remained under Royalist control until the second siege of Bristol in September 1645.

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1657 — Battle of Skałat

Battle of Skalat was a battle fought between the Tatar and Transylvanian armies as part of the Deluge.

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1662 — Battle of Kaniv (1662)

Battle of Kaniv (Russian: Каневское сражение, romanized: Kanevskoe srazhenie), was a battle during the summer campaign in the left-bank of Ukraine of Yuri Khmelnitsky, between the Cossack-Polish troops and the Russian-Cossack army led by Yakym Somko and Grigory Romodanovsky. The battle ended with a crushing defeat for Yuri Khmelnitsky and the hetman's retreat to right-bank Ukraine.

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1702 — Battle of Santa Vittoria

The Battle of Santa Vittoria was an encounter battle or skirmish in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna on 26 July 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession between a French force under Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme and an Imperial cavalry detachment under General Annibal Visconti.

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1745 — Bramley and Hambledon play the earliest recorded women’s cricket match

On July 26, 1745, women from Bramley and Hambledon played cricket at Gosden Common near Guildford, Surrey. It is the earliest known recorded women’s cricket match.

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1757 — Battle of Hastenbeck

The Battle of Hastenbeck (26 July 1757) was fought as part of the Invasion of Hanover during the Seven Years' War between the allied forces of Hanover, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Brunswick, and the French. The allies were defeated by the French army near Hamelin in the Electorate of Hanover.

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1758 — Siege of Louisbourg (1758)

The siege of Louisbourg (8 June – 26 July 1758) was fought during the Seven Years' War on Cape Breton Island between an attacking British force and defending French and Mi'kmaq troops. The French attempted to send reinforcements by sea, but were not able to as the fleet was blockaded and defeated by the British.

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1759 — Battle of Fort Niagara

The Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion of the French province of Canada in conjunction with General James Wolfe's invasion to the east.

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1760 — Siege of Glatz

The siege of Glatz took place in 1760 during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War) when an Austrian force led by General von Laudon laid siege to and successfully stormed the fortress of Glatz (today Kłodzko, Poland) from its Prussian garrison. On 6 June Laudon surrounded Glatz, but he had to wait until heavy artillery was brought from Olomouc in neighbouring Moravia.

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1775 — Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) was the meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, which established American independence from Great Britain. The Congress constituted a new federation that it first named the United Colonies of North America, and in 1776, renamed the United States of America.

The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.

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1803 — The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom

The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn narrow-gauge plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs of south London, in England. It was established by an act of Parliament in 1801, and opened partly in 1802 and partly in 1803. It was a toll railway on which carriers used horse traction.

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1806 — Action of 26 July 1806

The action of 26 July 1806 was the first naval engagement of the Java campaign of 1806–1807. Fought off the southern coast of Celebes in the Dutch East Indies, the battle saw a Royal Navy squadron led by Captain Edward Elphinstone attack and capture a valuable Dutch convoy under Captain Nicolaas Sebastiaan Aalbers.

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1814 — Swedish–Norwegian War

The Swedish–Norwegian War was a war fought between Sweden and Norway in the summer of 1814. According to the Treaty of Kiel, Norway would enter a union with Sweden under Charles XIII of Sweden. The war resulted in Norway being forced into the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, but with its own constitution and parliament.

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1822 — Battle of Dervenakia

The Battle of Dervenakia (Greek: Μάχη των Δερβενακίων) was the Greek victory over the Ottoman forces on 26–28 July 1822, an important event in the Greek War of Independence. The destruction of Dramali Pasha's forces saved the heartland of the rebellion, the Morea, and secured it for the Greeks until the arrival of Ibrahim Pasha in 1825.

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1822 — Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín meet in Guayaquil

Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín met in Guayaquil during the South American wars of independence.

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1830 — July Revolution

The July Revolution (French: Révolution de Juillet), also known as the French Revolution of 1830, Second French Revolution, or les Trois Glorieuses ("the Three Glorious [Days]"), was a second French Revolution after the first of 1789–99. It led to the overthrow of King Charles X, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who governed for 18 years as the last king of France.

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1847 — Liberia adopts its declaration of independence

On July 26, 1847, delegates adopted and signed Liberia’s declaration of independence. The declaration established the Republic of Liberia as an independent state.

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1848 — The University of Wisconsin–Madison is established by Nelson Dewey, first Governor of Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved statehood and is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. The 933-acre (378 ha) main campus is located on the shores of Lake Mendota; the university also owns and operates a 1,200-acre (486 ha) arboretum 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the main campus.

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1863 — Battle of Salineville

The Battle of Salineville occurred July 26, 1863, near Salineville, Ohio during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War. It was one of the northernmost military actions involving the Confederate States Army. The Union victory shattered John Hunt Morgan's remaining Confederate cavalry and led to his capture later that day.

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1863 — Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake

The Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake was a skirmish in July 1863 in Dakota Territory between United States army forces and Santee, Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux. The Sioux attempted to capture the pack train of the army and retired from the field when they were unsuccessful.

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1863 — Morgan's Raid

Morgan's Raid (also the Calico Raid or Great Raid of 1863) was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11 to July 26, 1863. It is named for the commander of the Confederate troops, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Although it caused temporary alarm in the North, the raid failed.

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.

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1865 — Battle of Platte Bridge

The Battle of Platte Bridge, also called the Battle of Platte Bridge Station, on July 26, 1865 was the culmination of a summer offensive by the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians against the United States army. In May and June the Indians raided army outposts and stagecoach stations over a wide swath of Wyoming and Montana. In July, they assembled a large army, estimated by Cheyenne warrior George Bent to number 3,000 warriors, and descended upon Platte Bridge. The bridge, across the North Platte River near present-day Casper, Wyoming, was guarded by 120 soldiers.

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1866 — Battle of Versa

The Battle of Versa took place on the 26 July 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence in the Italian unification process. The Italian army, jointly commanded by Alberto La Forest de Divonne, defeated the Austrian army guarding the crossing of the Torre river at Ponte di Versa, present-day fraction of Romans d'Isonzo in the province of Gorizia. This marked the maximum Italian advance into Friuli.

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1866 — Battle of Roßbrunn

The Battle of Roßbrunn was the last battle of the Main Campaign in the Austro-Prussian War. It took place on 26 July 1866 near Roßbrunn, Uettingen and Hettstadt.

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1866 — Campaign of the Main

The Campaign of the Main (in German: Mainfeldzug) was a campaign of the Prussian Army in the area of the River Main against the allies of Austria in southern Germany during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

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1872 — Gutiérrez Brothers' rebellion

The 1872 Peruvian coup d'état, known in Peruvian historiography as the Gutiérrez Brothers' rebellion (Spanish: Rebelión de los coroneles Gutiérrez), was a coup d'état headed by General Tomás Gutiérrez, then Minister of War, and his three brothers against then president José Balta, shortly before Manuel Pardo of the Civilista Party was to take office as the country's first civilian president.

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1882 — The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa

The Republic of Stellaland (Dutch: Republiek Stellaland) was a Boer republic located in an area of British Bechuanaland (now in South Africa's North West Province), west of the Transvaal. It served as a Boer republic from 1882 to 1883. After unification with the neighbouring State of Goshen, it became the United States of Stellaland (Dutch: Verenigde Staten van Stellaland) from 1883 until 1885, when it was abolished and annexed by the British.

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1882 — Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth

Parsifal (WWV 111) is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chivalric romance Parzival of the Minnesänger Wolfram von Eschenbach and the Old French chivalric romance Perceval ou le Conte du Graal by the 12th-century trouvère Chrétien de Troyes, recounting different accounts of the story of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his spiritual quest for the Holy Grail.

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1887 — Hungarian parliamentary election, 1887

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 17 and 26 July 1887. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 263 of the 413 seats. Violence during the election campaign resulted in the death of nine men and twelve people being seriously injured.

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1887 — Zamenhof publishes the first book explaining Esperanto

L. L. Zamenhof released a Russian-language booklet in Warsaw presenting the grammar and vocabulary of the language later known as Esperanto.

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1890 — Revolution of the Park

The Revolution of the Park (Revolución del Parque), also known as the Revolution of '90, was an uprising against the national government of Argentina that took place on July 26, 1890 and started with the takeover of the Buenos Aires Artillery Park. It was led by members of the Civic Union (which would later give rise to the modern Radical Civic Union) against the presidency of Miguel Juárez Celman (of the National Autonomist Party). Though it failed in its main goals, the revolution forced Juárez Celman's resignation and marked the decline of the elite of the Generation of '80.

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1893 — 1893 Thames by-election

The Thames by-election of 1893 was a by-election held during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the electorate of Thames.

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1897 — Siege of Malakand

The siege of Malakand was the 26 July – 2 August 1897 siege of the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial British India's North West Frontier Province. The British faced a force of Pashtun tribesmen whose tribal lands had been bisected by the Durand Line, the 1,519 mile (2,445 km) border between Afghanistan and British India drawn up at the end of the Anglo-Afghan wars to help hold back what the British feared to be the Russian Empire's spread of influence towards the Indian subcontinent.

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1899 — Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated

Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Leibert (Spanish: [uˈlises eˈɾo]; October 21, 1845 – July 26, 1899) nicknamed Lilís, was president of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1882 to September 1, 1884, from January 6, 1887 to February 27, 1889 and again from April 30, 1889 maintaining power between his terms. Heureaux ruled the Dominican Republic as a dictator.

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1904 — 1904 Oswestry by-election

The 1904 Oswestry by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 26 July 1904. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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1908 — Creation of the Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the attorney general and the director of national intelligence.

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1912 — 1912 Crewe by-election

The 1912 Crewe by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 26 July 1912. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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1918 — Felix Klein presents Emmy Noether’s paper on symmetries and conservation laws

Felix Klein presented Emmy Noether’s paper Invariant Variational Problems at a meeting of the scientific society in Göttingen. Her work showed how continuous symmetries lead to conservation laws.

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1919 — July 1919 Paddington state by-election

The July 1919 Paddington state by-election was held on 26 July 1919 to elect the member for Paddington in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the death of Labor Party MP Lawrence O'Hara. O'Hara had been elected just 21 days prior to his death at the May 1919 Paddington by-election.

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1923 — Leeds Central by-election, 1923

The Leeds Central by-election, 1923 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Leeds Central on 26 July 1923.

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1930 — 1930 Lane Cove state by-election

The 1930 Lane Cove state by-election was held on 26 July 1930 to elect the member for Lane Cove in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the death of Nationalist Party MP Bryce Walmsley. The seat was retained for the Nationalists by Herbert FitzSimons, although the party lost 14.3% of its primary vote.

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1932 — Wednesbury by-election, 1932

The Wednesbury by-election, 1932 was a by-election held on 26 July 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wednesbury in Staffordshire. The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Viscount Ednam. The seat had been held by Labour since 1918, but had fallen to the Conservatives with a majority of over 4,000 as part of the 1931 election landslide less than a year earlier. The election was dominated by the continuing effects of the Great Depression.

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1932 — 1932 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania in July 1932. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 17 July, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 20, 24 and 26 July. The result was a victory for the governing National Peasants' Party-German Party alliance, which won 274 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 104 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.

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1936 — The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is unveiled

King Edward VIII dedicated the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France. It honors Canadians who served and died in World War I.

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1941 — Raid on Grand Harbour

The Raid on Grand Harbour (Operazione MALTA-2), was an Italian raid against Allied shipping in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta in the early morning of 26 July 1941 during the Second World War. MTM explosive motorboat pilots and Frogmen from the Decima Flottiglia Motoscafi Armati Siluranti (Decima MAS 10th Flotilla Torpedo Armed Motorboats) of the Regia Marina conducted a raid to penetrate the harbour and attack British shipping.

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1941 — Battle of Bengtskär

The Battle of Bengtskär was an amphibious landing action fought between Finnish and Soviet forces on 26 July 1941 during the Continuation War.

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1941 — Operation München

Operation München (Romanian: Operațiunea München; German: Unternehmen München; Russian: Операция Мюнхен, romanized: Operatsiya Myunkhen) was the Romanian codename of a joint German-Romanian offensive during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, with the primary objective of recapturing Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region, ceded by Romania to the Soviet Union a year before (Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina).

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1941 — Roosevelt issues an order freezing Japanese assets in the United States

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order freezing Japanese assets in the United States. The United States imposed a separate oil embargo in August.

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1944 — Battle of Ilomantsi (1944)

The Battle of Ilomantsi (Finnish: Ilomantsin taistelu) was a part of the Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive of the Continuation War (1941–1944). It was fought from 26 July to 13 August 1944, between Finland and the Soviet Union in an area roughly 40 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers deep, near the Finnish-Soviet border, close to the Finnish village of Ilomantsi, in North Karelia.

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1944 — Battle for Narva Bridgehead

The Battle of Narva Bridgehead (Estonian: Narva lahingud, German: Schlacht um den Brückenkopf von Narva, Russian: Битва за плацдарм Нарва; 2 February – 26 July 1944) was the campaign that stalled the Soviet Estonian operation in the surroundings of the town of Narva for six months. It was the first phase of the Battle of Narva campaign fought at the Eastern Front during World War II, the second phase being the Battle of Tannenberg Line.

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1945 — Potsdam Declaration

The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek issued the document, which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan as agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference. This ultimatum stated that, if Japan did not surrender, it would face "prompt and utter destruction."

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1945 — USS Indianapolis delivers atomic bomb components to Tinian

The U.S. Navy cruiser Indianapolis reached Tinian in the Mariana Islands and unloaded components and enriched uranium for the bomb known as Little Boy.

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1946 — 1946 Antiguan general election

General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 26 July 1946. The elections were held under a limited franchise and only those who owned property were permitted to stand for election to the legislature. The Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATLU) chose five of its members who satisfied the property criteria to stand as labour representatives. All were elected as the union-backed candidates received 82% of the vote.

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1946 — The airline later known as Aloha Airlines makes its first commercial flight

Trans-Pacific Airlines began carrying paying passengers on an inter-island flight from Honolulu. The company later changed its name to Aloha Airlines.

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1947 — National Security Act of 1947

The National Security Act of 1947 (Pub.L. 80-253, 61 Stat. 495, enacted July 26, 1947) is a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. The majority of the provisions of the act took effect on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first secretary of defense.

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1948 — U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States

Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces. The order led to the re-integration of the services during the Korean War (1950–1953). It was a crucial event in the post–World War II civil rights movement and a major achievement of Truman's presidency.

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1951 — Disney’s Alice in Wonderland has its world premiere in London

On 26 July 1951, Disney’s animated film Alice in Wonderland had its world premiere at the Leicester Square Theatre in London. It adapted characters and stories from Lewis Carroll’s Alice books.

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1953 — Costa Rican general election, 1953

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 26 July 1953. José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 67.2% in the presidential election and 67.5% in the parliamentary election. This was Costa Rica’s first election since the end of the 1948 Civil War and the democratic guarantees were not fully restored. José Figueres, the caudillo of the victorious National Liberation Army faction in the Civil War was candidate by the newly founded National Liberation Party (PLN).

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1953 — Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution (Spanish: Revolución cubana) was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew the emerging Cuban democracy and consolidated power. Among those who opposed the coup was Fidel Castro, then a young lawyer, who initially tried to challenge the takeover through legal means in the Cuban courts. When these efforts failed, Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl led an armed assault on the Moncada Barracks, a Cuban military post, on 26 July 1953.

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1953 — Short Creek raid

The Short Creek raid is the name given to the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history. At the time, it was described as "the largest mass arrest of men and women in modern American history."

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1953 — Attack on the Moncada Barracks

The Moncada Barracks were military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba named after General Guillermo Moncada, a hero of the Cuban War of Independence. On 26 July 1953, the barracks was the site of an armed attack by a small group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. That day a simultaneous attack was carried out on the Carlos M. de Cespedes Barracks in Bayamo directed by Raúl Martínez Ararás by order of Castro.

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1953 — 1953 Svenska Cupen final

The 1953 Svenska Cupen final took place on 26 July 1953 at Råsunda in Solna. It was contested between Allsvenskan sides Malmö FF and IFK Norrköping. IFK Norrköping played their first final since 1945 and fourth final in total, Malmö FF played their second consecutive final and their sixth final in total. Malmö FF won their fifth title with a 3–2 victory.

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1953 — The Battle of the Samichon River ends

On July 26, 1953, fighting ended at the Samichon River near the position known as the Hook. Australian troops and other United Nations forces had resisted Chinese attacks. The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed the next day.

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1958 — Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched

Explorer 4 was an American satellite launched on 26 July 1958. It was instrumented by Dr. James van Allen's group. The Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) had initially planned two satellites for the purposes of studying the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts (and the Earth's magnetosphere in general), however Explorer 4 was the only such satellite launched as the other, Explorer 5, suffered launch failure.

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1958 — 11th Locarno Film Festival

The 11th Locarno Film Festival was held from 26 July to 10 August 1958 in Locarno, Switzerland. The winner of the Golden Sail, which was the festival's main prize prior to the Golden Leopard, was awarded to Ten North Frederick directed by Philip Dunne. The festival had retrospective screenings including a section paying tribute to Humphrey Bogart.

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1963 — 1963 Skopje earthquake

The 1963 Skopje earthquake (Macedonian: Скопски земјотрес 1963, transliterated Skopski zemjotres 1963) was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day Republic of Macedonia) then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963 which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.

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1963 — Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster

Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of Hughes Aircraft Company (now the Boeing Satellite Development Center). Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the world's first geostationary satellite.

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1968 — Operation Griffin

Operation Griffin was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces, on 16 July 1968, in response to an incursion into Rhodesia by communist insurgents belonging to the ZIPRA based in Zambia.

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1970 — 1970 Cupa României final

The 1970 Cupa României final was the 32nd final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Steaua București and Dinamo București, and was won by Steaua București after a game with 3 goals. It was the 10th cup for Steaua București.

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1971 — Operation Sayasila

Operation Sayasila (26 July 1971—31 October 1971) was a major offensive military operation of the Laotian Civil War. It was staged by command of King Sisavang Vatthana. Launched on 26 July 1971 against the Ho Chi Minh Trail complex and its People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) garrison, Sayasila was planned as a rather complex two phase operation dependent on coordinating two columns containing 4,400 troops with close air support in an attack on 1,100 Vietnamese Communist soldiers. When the assault stalled in mid-August, it was elaborated upon with two additional helilifts of Royalist troops behind the PAVN's mobile garrison.

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1977 — Death of Wu Fuzhi

On 26 July 1977, Wu Fuzhi, a scholar, died.

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1990 — The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later sexual orientation and gender identity.

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1992 — Albanian local elections, 1992

The Albanian local elections in 1992 was the first local election held in Albania. The elections were held on 26 July 1992 and the winner was the Democratic Party of Albania.

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1993 — Asiana Airlines Flight 733

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 (Flight OZ733, registration HL7229) was a domestic Asiana Airlines passenger flight between Seoul Gimpo International Airport (SEL at the time) and Mokpo Airport (MPK), South Korea. The flight carrying 110 passengers along with six crew members departed Seoul at 14:37 for a short flight to Mokpo Airport. On approach to runway 06, the aircraft crashed into a ridge, Mt. Ungeo, at 800 feet (240 m) on July 26, 1993, at 15:48.

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1995 — 1995 Slovenian Supercup

The Slovenian Supercup 1995 was a football match that saw the 1994–95 PrvaLiga champions, Olimpija, face off against the 1994–95 Slovenian Cup winners, Mura. The match was held on 26 July 1995 at the Bežigrad Stadium in Ljubljana.

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1995 — Operation Stupčanica '95

Operation Stupčanica 95 (Serbo-Croatian: Операција Ступчаницa 95, Operacija Stupčanica 95) was the codename for the military offensive launched by the "Drina Corps" of the Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) against the Bosnian 285th Light Mountain Brigade (2nd Corps). Launched on 25 July 1995, it took 1 day for the VRS to capture Žepa.

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1997 — 1997 DFB-Ligapokal final

The 1997 DFB-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 1997 DFB-Ligapokal, the 1st edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition. The match was played on 26 July 1997 at the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 2–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.

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1998 — North Korean parliamentary election, 1998

Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 26 July 1998. 687 deputies were elected to the tenth Supreme People's Assembly. There was only one nominated candidate per constituency - 687 candidates for 687 seats. According to the state news agency KCNA, the turnout rate was 99.85%, and 100% of participating voters cast their ballots in favour of the registered candidates. Kim Jong-il was unanimously elected in constituency n°666. According to a Rodong Sinmun editorial, this proved "how deep the Korean people's trust in Kim Jong Il is and how powerful and solid the monolithic unity of the people around him in one thought and purpose and with moral obligation is."

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1998 — Fully Loaded: In Your House

Fully Loaded: In Your House was the first Fully Loaded professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on July 26, 1998 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. It was the twenty-third pay-per-view event of the In Your House series. The main event was a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Kane and Mankind defended the titles against The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was the reigning WWF Champion at the time. Undertaker and Austin won the titles when Undertaker pinned Kane after performing a Tombstone Piledriver.

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1998 — Cambodian general election, 1998

General elections were held in Cambodia on 26 July 1998. The result was a victory for the Cambodian People's Party, which won 64 of the 122 seats. Voter turnout was 93.7%.

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1999 — Kargil War

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh, then part of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (lit. 'Victory'), which was the codename of the Indian military operation in the region.

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2002 — Leyenda de Plata (2002)

The Leyenda de Plata (2002) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from July 26, 2002, over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on August 9, 2002. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.

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2003 — 2003 Trophée des Champions

The 2003 Trophée des Champions was a football match held at Stade de Gerland, Lyon on 26 July 2003, that saw 2002–03 Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais defeat 2002–03 Coupe de France winners AJ Auxerre 2–1.

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2003 — Rise of the Renegades (2003)

Rise of the Renegades (2003) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which took place on July 26, 2003 at the Tabu Night Club in Orlando, Florida. The event was taped for future episodes of MLW Underground TV, which aired on Sunshine Network throughout the month of August 2003. It was the first event under the Rise of the Renegades chronology.

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2005 — STS-114

STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC) on its 31st flight on July 26, 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on July 13, its originally scheduled date.

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2005 — 27th Moscow International Film Festival

The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Dreaming of Space directed by Alexei Uchitel.

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2005 — Extreme monsoon rain floods Mumbai

Intense monsoon rain on July 26 flooded roads and neighborhoods in Mumbai. The India Meteorological Department recorded nearly 95 centimeters of rain over 24 hours at the city’s Santacruz station.

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2006 — Eelam War IV

Eelam War IV is the name given to the fourth phase of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is currently proscribed as a terrorist organisation by 32 countries. Renewed hostilities began on the 26 July 2006, when Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets bombed several LTTE camps around Mavil Aru anicut. The government's casus belli was that the LTTE had cut off the water supply to surrounding paddy fields in the area. The fighting resumed after a four-year ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and LTTE.

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2007 — 2007 Bulgarian Supercup

The 2007 Bulgarian Supercup was the fifth Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the "A" professional football group champion, Levski Sofia, and the runner-up of Bulgarian Cup, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 26 July 2007 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. Levski beat Litex 2–1 after extra time to win their second Bulgarian Supercup.

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2008 — 2008 Ahmedabad bombings

The 2008 Ahmedabad bombings were a series of 21 bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad, India, on 26 July 2008, within a span of 70 minutes. 56 people were killed and over 200 people were injured. Ahmedabad is the cultural and commercial heart of Gujarat state, and a large part of western India. The blasts were considered to be of low intensity, and were similar to the Bangalore blasts, Karnataka which occurred the day before. Several TV channels said they had received an e-mail from a terror outfit called Indian Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the terror attacks; Islamic militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, however, has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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2008 — EliteXC: Unfinished Business

EliteXC: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by EliteXC on July 26, 2008, in Stockton, CA at Stockton Arena.

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2008 — ROH New Horizons

New Horizons was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on July 26, 2008 from the Michigan State Fairgrounds & Expo Center in Detroit, Michigan, and was first aired on September 26.

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2008 — 2008 Libyan Al-Fatih Cup final

The 2007–08 Libyan Cup final was a football match held at 11 June Stadium on July 26, 2008. The match was contested by Khaleej Sirte and Al Madina. This was the first time in ten years that one of the Big Two of Libyan football, Al Ahly Tripoli and Al Ittihad, were not in the final.

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2009 — Night of Champions (2009)

Night of Champions (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on July 26, 2009, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the second annual event to be promoted solely under the Night of Champions name and the ninth annual event under the Vengeance/Night of Champions chronology. Similar to the previous two events, the concept of the show was that every championship in the company would be defended. It featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. Eight matches were contested on the card.

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2009 — Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2009

The Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2009 (Chinese: 2009年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 26 July 2009 in Taiwan with Ma Ying-jeou as the sole candidate. This was the third direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang (KMT) history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.

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2009 — 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match that took place on July 26, 2009, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, to determine the winner of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Mexico won their 5th. Gold Cup (and 8th. continental title to date including the CONCACAF Championship) after thrashing United States 5–0.

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2009 — 2009 Macanese Chief Executive election

Chief Executive elections were held in Macau on 26 July 2009 for the third term of the Chief Executive of Macau (CE), the highest office of the Macau Special Administrative Region. Fernando Chui was elected without contest after incumbent Chief Executive Edmund Ho was ineligible for re-election due to having served two terms.

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2009 — 2009 Supercupa României

The 2009 Supercupa României was the 11th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu on 26 July 2009, and was contested between Liga I title holders, FC Unirea Urziceni and Cupa României champions, CFR Cluj. The winner, after penalties, was CFR Cluj. CFR was the first club not from Bucharest to claim the trophy since its establishment in 1994.

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2009 — 2009 Guinea-Bissau presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 June 2009 following the assassination of President João Bernardo Vieira on 2 March 2009. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a second round was held on 26 July 2009 between the two leading candidates, Malam Bacai Sanhá of the governing African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and opposition leader Kumba Ialá.

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2009 — Boko Haram insurgency

The Boko Haram insurgency began in July 2009, when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. Boko Haram targets both Muslims and Christians. Attacks are often directed at individuals perceived as supporting the Nigerian government or Islamic State after the split between them, including civil servants, local defense groups, Muslim leaders who oppose the group and other rebels like al-Qaeda and Islamic State.

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2009 — 2009 Boko Haram uprising

The 2009 Boko Haram uprising was a four-day armed conflict that took place from 26 to 29 July 2009 between the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces across several states in northeastern Nigeria. Fighting broke out in Bauchi before spreading to Maiduguri, Potiskum, and Wudil. Around 1,000 people were killed in total, with approximately 700 deaths recorded in Maiduguri alone.

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2009 — LOHAS Park MTR station opens

Hong Kong's MTR opened LOHAS Park station as the final phase of its Tseung Kwan O Line project.

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2011 — 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash

On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pulled alive from the wreckage but later died of their injuries.

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2013 — 2013 Cinemalaya

The 9th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was successfully held from July 26 to August 4, 2013, in Metro Manila, Philippines. This year's theme is "Synergy of the Senses", which makes the entries to deliver mature content and provocative themes. The opening film is Jazz in Love by Baby Ruth Villarama, a documentary about a Filipino gay man who waits for the arrival of his German boyfriend.

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2014 — UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown

UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown (also known as UFC on Fox 12) was a mixed martial arts event held on July 26, 2014, at SAP Center in San Jose, California.

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2014 — First Battle of Sha'ir

The Battle of the Shaer gas field occurred in mid-July 2014 during the Syrian Civil War when jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) attacked and captured the Shaer gas field from government forces, which was followed by an Army counter-attack. It was one of the deadliest battles up-to-date in the war between fighters of the militant group and government troops.

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2014 — 2014 Carling Black Label Cup

The 2014 Carling Black Label Cup was the fourth edition of the competition to be held. A South African beer brand Black Label started the "Be The Coach" where fans elected the starting 11 of their desired players from the two Soweto derby arch rivals, Orlando Pirates, and Kaizer Chiefs. The selected teams played the match on 26 July 2014 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.

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2015 — 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup final decided the winners of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. It was held on July 26, 2015, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and contested by Jamaica and Mexico. It was Jamaica's first final of a CONCACAF championship, and Mexico's 12th; they won a record 10th with a 3–1 victory. It was also the first Gold Cup Final since 2003 not to feature the United States.

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2016 — Democrats nominate Hillary Clinton for U.S. president

On July 26, 2016, the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia chose Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee. She was the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party.

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2016 — Solar Impulse 2 completes its solar-powered flight around the world

Bertrand Piccard landed Solar Impulse 2 at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi. The aircraft completed a round-the-world flight using only solar power, with stops along the route.

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2016 — An attack kills 19 people at a care facility in Sagamihara

A former employee attacked residents at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en care facility in Sagamihara, Japan. Nineteen people were killed and others were injured.

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2017 — Battle of Takellote

On July 26, 2017, clashes broke out between the pro-government GATIA Imghad Tuareg militia and anti-government Idnane Tuareg rebels from the Coordination of Azawad Movements.

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2017 — 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match which determined the winners of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States, on July 26, 2017, and was contested by the United States and Jamaica. The United States won the final 2–1 for their sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title.

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2019 — 2019 Iraq FA Cup final

The 2019 Iraq FA Cup final was the 27th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Al-Kahrabaa, at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 26 July 2019 to be the final match of the competition. Al-Zawraa made their record 18th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Al-Kahrabaa made their first appearance.

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2020 — 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup Championship

The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup Championship was a soccer match held on July 26, 2020, at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. It was the final match of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup, a one-off competition marking the resumption of the 2020 National Women's Soccer League season following the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2020 — UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till

UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till (also known as UFC on ESPN 14 and UFC Fight Island 3) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 26, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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2021 — 2021 Saint Lucian general election

General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 26 July 2021, having been constitutionally required by 12 October 2021. Voters elected all 17 members of the House of Assembly. The result was a victory for the opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won 13 of the 17 seats in the House, while the ruling United Workers Party lost nine of its eleven seats, its worst result since 1997.

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2022 — 2022 Charlotte mayoral election

The 2022 mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina was held on July 26, 2022. This reflected a delay from the original schedule of the election, which would ordinarily have taken place in November 2021. Delays in the United States Census prompted delays for cities in the state that elect city council members by district in odd-numbered years.

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2022 — 2022 Canadian Championship final

The 2022 Canadian Championship final was a soccer match played between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Toronto FC at BC Place on July 26, 2022. The match determined the winner of the 2022 Canadian Championship, Canada's primary men's domestic cup competition. Vancouver Whitecaps won their second title in a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory following a 1–1 draw, qualifying them for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

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2022 — 2022 Greensboro mayoral election

The 2022 Greensboro mayoral election was held on July 26, 2022, to elect the mayor for Greensboro, North Carolina. Incumbent mayor Nancy Vaughan was reelected, entering a fourth term. After the 2022 election, she did not seek reelection. The election was postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to redistricting delays.

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2022 — 2022 Fayetteville, North Carolina, mayoral election

The 2022 election for the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina was held on July 26, 2022. Mayor Mitch Colvin, who was first elected in 2017, ran for re-election to a third term. He defeated retired Army Lt. Col. Efrain “Freddie” de la Cruz. Colvin was re-elected with 62.7% of the vote.

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2023 — 2023 Nigerien coup d'état

On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and presidential guard commander General Abdourahamane Tiani proclaimed himself the leader of a military junta shortly after confirming the coup a success. This was the fifth military coup d'état since the country gained independence from France in 1960, and the first since 2010.

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2025 — UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder

UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder (also known as UFC on ABC 9) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 26, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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