July 26

Events

 * - ;   is slain, his heir  is seriously wounded.
 * - Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from and  against the Muslims at.
 * -, then a count, is proclaimed first king of and declares independence from.
 * - is recognized  by.
 * - : - Pitting the forces of  against those of.
 * - . The of the northern  from the  king,.
 * - The birth of what would later become the was established by the.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 11th state of the.
 * - The, arguably the world's first public , opens in south.
 * - arrives in, , to  with.
 * - declares independence.
 * - : assumes command of the  following a disastrous  defeat at the.
 * - : ends - At,  cavalry leader  and 360 of his volunteers are captured by  forces.
 * - In, the and   calling himself "" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a  stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting  inside.
 * - Premiere of 's  at.
 * - France annexes.
 * -   issues an order to immediately staff the  of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the ).
 * - and  interrupt diplomatic relationship.
 * - Assassination of Austrian Chancellor.
 * - The  decide to intervene in the.
 * - End of the in the Spanish Civil War.
 * - : In response to the ese occupation of,  orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the.
 * - : enters, major city of western , liberating it from the . Only 300  survivors left, out of 160,000  in  prior to  occupation.
 * 1944  - The first German  hits Great Britain.
 * - wins the  by a landslide, removing   from power.
 * 1945  - The  is signed in,.
 * 1945  - The  cruiser Indianapolis arrives at  with the warhead for the  atomic bomb.
 * - : U.S. President signs the  into  creating the, , , and the.
 * - U.S. President signs   desegregating the.
 * - King abdicates in favour of his son.
 * - leads an unsuccessful attack on the, thus beginning the.
 * 1953  -  Governor  orders an anti- law enforcement crackdown on residents of, which becomes known as the.
 * - Following the 's decline to fund building the, ian leader  nationalises the  sparking international condemnation.
 * -, dictator of , is assassinated
 * - : is launched.
 * -, the world's first , is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
 * 1963    -  in,  (formerly part of )  - 1100 dead
 * 1963    - The  votes to admit.
 * - Full independence was granted to the.
 * - Lord Gardiner issues the in the  stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous.
 * - : ese opposition leader is sentenced to five years  for advocating the formation of a  as a way to move toward an end to the.
 * - : Mission - Launch of Apollo 15.
 * - Greek Prime Minister forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
 * - Formation of a military triumvirate in.
 * - The National Assembly of imposes the use of  as the official language of the provincial government.
 * - A federal indicts  student  for releasing the, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the.
 * - Italian changes its name to.
 * - Russian President orders the removal of  Russian troops from.
 * - Russian President orders the removal of  Russian troops from.
 * - : Mission - Launch of, 's first scheduled flight mission after the  in.
 * 2005  -,  receives  within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.

Births

 * -, St. Stanislaw (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Irish composer (d. )
 * -, composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Belgian statesman, (d. )
 * -, German sociologist (d. )
 * -, Irish writer, (d. )
 * -, 1st (d. )
 * -, Russian conductor (d. )
 * -, Swiss psychiatrist (d. )
 * 1875  -, Spanish poet (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian statesman (d. )
 * -, French author (d. )
 * -, Swedish actor (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, English-born author (d. )
 * -, American actress and comedian (d. )
 * -, British racing driver (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Polish agent of Intelligence (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * 1909  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American musician and bandleader (d. )
 * 1914  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American film director
 * 1922  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American author
 * 1923  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, British racing driver (d. )
 * 1928  -, 8th
 * 1928  -, Pakistani fiction writer and  poet (d. )
 * 1928  -, American film director (d. )
 * 1928  -, Canadian politician
 * -, French Canadian politician
 * 1929  -, Bulgarian-born French pianist
 * -, Japanese gymnast
 * -, English actress (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * 1938  -, American singer
 * -, 25th
 * 1939  -, American football player
 * -, American singer
 * 1940  -, American aide to  (d. )
 * 1940  -, Greek singer
 * -, American singer-songwriter
 * -, Slovak prime minister
 * 1942  -, Belgian racing driver
 * -, American film director
 * 1943  -, English singer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, English actress
 * -, English musician
 * 1949  -, ex-
 * -, English actress
 * 1950  -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1950  -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, classical guitarist
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, American actress
 * 1957  -, Hong Kong actor
 * -, American writer
 * 1959  -, American actor
 * 1959  -, American serial killer (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * 1961  -, English musician
 * 1961  -, Japanese musician and composer
 * 1961  -, Greek footballer
 * -, American actress
 * 1964  -, American actor
 * 1964  -, German painter and designer
 * -, American actor
 * 1965  -, American musician
 * -, American computer game designer
 * -, English actress
 * -, British actress
 * 1973  -, Czech astronomer
 * -, English Footballer
 * 1974  -, Canadian poker player
 * 1974  -, American Drummer in OK Go
 * -, Danish footballer
 * 1977  -, Australian-born singer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1979  -, American ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian guitarist
 * 1980  -, South Korean actor
 * -, Australian actor/director
 * -, American actor
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1983  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, French footballer
 * 1985  -, Quebec singer
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, King of Mercia
 * -, (killed in battle)
 * - (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French soldier (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Italian mathematician (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, President of the Republic of Texas (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - Sir, British painter (b. )
 * -, German mathematician and logician (b. )
 * 1925  -, American politician (b. )
 * 1925  -, Italian racing driver (b. )
 * - automotive pioneer (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, Argentinian writer (b. )
 * -, wife of Argentine President (b. )
 * -, Greek general and politician (b. )
 * -, Canadian biochemist (b. )
 * 1960  -, American art director (b. )
 * -, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada (b. )
 * -, American photographer (suicide) (b. )
 * -, Pakistani fiction writer and poet (b. )
 * -, American statistician and opinion pollster (b. )
 * 1984  -, American serial killer (b. )
 * -, American diplomat (b. )
 * -, Pakistani scholar (b. )
 * -, American keyboardist (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American army general (b. )
 * -, Brazilian guitarist (b. )
 * 1995  -, Quebec politician (b. )
 * 1995  -, American businessman and politician (b. )
 * -, American statistician (b. )
 * -, American WWII aviator (b. )
 * 2001  -, German journalist (b. )
 * -, British actress (b. )
 * 2005  -, American economist (b. )
 * 2005  -, Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (b. )
 * 2007  -, English actor (b. )
 * 2007  -, American basketball coach (b. )

Holidays and Observances

 * - Anniversary of the Attack (1953); Day of the National Rebellion
 * - (end of Kargil War])
 * and -


 * Saint
 * (mother of ) common; MR, with Joachim