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What happend on 26. July in History
In our data base we found 349 events happened on 26. July:
• 342: Emperor Cheng of Jin (b. 321) [category: Deaths]
• 657: First Fitna: the Battle of Siffin see the troops led by Ali ibn Abi Talib and those led by Muawiyah I clashing. [category: Events]
• 796: Offa of Mercia [category: Deaths]
• 811: Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor [category: Deaths]
• 811: Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded. [category: Events]
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• 920: Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona. [category: Events]
• 1030: Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and martyr (d. 1079) [category: Births]
• 1309: Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V. [category: Events]
• 1380: Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1322) [category: Deaths]
• 1469: Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England takes place. [category: Events]
• 1471: Pope Paul II (b. 1417) [category: Deaths]
• 1509: The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. [category: Events]
• 1533: Atahualpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. His death marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilization. [category: Events]
• 1581: Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II. [category: Events]
• 1592: Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1611: Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542) [category: Deaths]
• 1678: Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711) [category: Births]
• 1680: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and writer (b. 1647) [category: Deaths]
• 1684: Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
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• 1712: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1739: George Clinton, American politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1745: The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England. [category: Events]
• 1758: French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. [category: Events]
• 1775: The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. [category: Events]
• 1782: John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1788: New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1791: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1801: Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (b. 1756) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Mariano Arista, Mexican politician, 42nd President of Mexico (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1803: The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, England, Great Britain. [category: 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. [category: Events]
• 1822: José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar. [category: Events]
• 1829: Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1830: George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Alfred Marshall, English economist (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1844: Stefan Drzewiecki, Polish scientist and inventor (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1846: Texas Jack Omohundro, American actor (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1847: Liberia declares independence. [category: Events]
• 1854: Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1855: Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1856: George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1858: Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1863: Sam Houston, American politician and soldier, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: 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. [category: Events]
• 1865: Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1865: Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1867: Otto of Greece (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: John Gourlay, Canadian football player (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1874: Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1875: Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1875: Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1878: Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1879: Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1880: Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1882: Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth. [category: Events]
• 1882: The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa. [category: Events]
• 1885: André Maurois, French author (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1886: Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1887: Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement. [category: Events]
• 1888: Reginald Hands, South African cricketer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1890: In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation. [category: Events]
• 1891: France annexes Tahiti. [category: Events]
• 1892: Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1893: George Grosz, German painter (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1894: Aldous Huxley, English author (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1895: Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1895: Jane Bunford, English giant (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1896: Tim Birkin, English race car driver (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1897: Paul Gallico, American novelist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1897: Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India. [category: Events]
• 1903: Estes Kefauver, American politician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1906: Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish intelligence agent (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1908: Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1908: Salvador Allende, Chilean politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1909: Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1911: John Pierotti, American cartoonist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1913: Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1914: C. Farris Bryant, American politician, 34th Governor of Florida (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1914: Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1914: Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship. [category: Events]
• 1916: Herbert Norkus, German Hitler Youth member (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1918: Marjorie Lord, American actress [category: Births]
• 1919: Virginia Gilmore, American actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1919: Edward Poynter, English painter (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Tom Saffell, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Blake Edwards, American director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1923: Biff Elliot, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jan Berenstain, American author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor and politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Ana María Matute, Spanish writer [category: Births]
• 1926: James Best, American actor [category: Births]
• 1926: Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bernice Rubens, Welsh novelist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Don Beauman, English race car driver (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1928: Elliott Erwitt, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1928: Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani writer and poet (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1928: Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Stanley Kubrick, American director (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1929: Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Joe Jackson, American manager, father of the Jackson family [category: Births]
• 1929: Marc Lalonde, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Robert Colbert, American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast [category: Births]
• 1931: Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1932: Fred Duesenberg German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Yomo Toro, Puerto Rican guitarist and composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: Tommy McDonald, American football player [category: Births]
• 1934: Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1936: Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. [category: Events]
• 1936: The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1937: End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1938: Darlene Love, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Bob Lilly, American football player [category: Births]
• 1939: John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia [category: Births]
• 1939: Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet [category: Births]
• 1940: Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1940: Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1940: Mary Jo Kopechne, American teacher, secretary, and writer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1940: Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer, actor, and composer [category: Births]
• 1941: Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1941: Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist [category: Births]
• 1941: Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1942: Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1942: Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia [category: Births]
• 1942: Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy) [category: Births]
• 1943: Peter Hyams, American director [category: Births]
• 1944: Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1944: The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, liberating it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation. [category: Events]
• 1945: Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1945: Helen Mirren, English actress [category: Births]
• 1945: The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. [category: Events]
• 1945: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1945: The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb. [category: Events]
• 1946: Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport [category: Events]
• 1947: Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, US Department of Defense, US Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the US National Security Council. [category: Events]
• 1948: Herbert Wiesinger, German pairs skater [category: Births]
• 1948: Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and composer (Energit and Framus Five) [category: Births]
• 1948: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1949: Roger Meddows Taylor, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Queen and The Cross) [category: Births]
• 1949: Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand [category: Births]
• 1950: Nelinho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1950: Susan George, English actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1951: Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1952: Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. [category: Events]
• 1953: Edie Mirman, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Phillips, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1953: Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1953: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement [category: Events]
• 1954: Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1955: Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani politician, 11th President of Pakistan [category: Births]
• 1956: Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1956: Tommy Rich, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1956: Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation. [category: Events]
• 1957: Hart Hanson, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Nana Visitor, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1958: Angela Hewitt, Canadian pianist [category: Births]
• 1958: Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched. [category: Events]
• 1959: Kevin Spacey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Michael Bruce Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1959: Rick Bragg, American author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1959: Tom McGowan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Cedric Gibbons, American art director and designer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Andy Connell, English keyboardist and composer (Swing Out Sister and A Certain Ratio) [category: Births]
• 1961: Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah, and Hurtsmile) [category: Births]
• 1962: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish singer and fiddler (Altan, T with the Maggies, and String Sisters) [category: Births]
• 1963: Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1963: An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead. [category: Events]
• 1963: Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. [category: Events]
• 1963: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan. [category: Events]
• 1964: Anne Provoost, Belgian writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Danny Woodburn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer [category: Births]
• 1964: Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1964: Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English politician and race car driver (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1965: Full independence is granted to the Maldives. [category: Events]
• 1967: Anthony Durante, American wrestler (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1967: Tim Schafer, American computer game designer, founded Double Fine Productions [category: Births]
• 1968: Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director [category: Births]
• 1968: Olivia Williams, English actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war. [category: Events]
• 1969: Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (The Dambuilders, Those Bastard Souls, and Antony and the Johnsons) [category: Births]
• 1970: Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1971: Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. [category: Events]
• 1972: Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Wayne Wonder, Jamaican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: Chris Pirillo, American television host, author, and blogger [category: Births]
• 1973: Kate Beckinsale, English actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Lenka Kotková, Czech astronomer [category: Births]
• 1973: Vaniity, Mexican transsexual porn actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player [category: Births]
• 1974: Dean Sturridge, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule. [category: Events]
• 1975: Ingo Schultz, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1975: Joe Smith, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Stefanos Natsinas, Greek politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Martin Laursen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Rebecca St. James, Australian singer-songwriter, author and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater [category: Births]
• 1977: The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government. [category: Events]
• 1979: Derek Paravicini, English autistic savant and pianist [category: Births]
• 1979: Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Friedrich Michau, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Mageina Tovah, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sum 41, Brown Brigade, and Organ Thieves) [category: Births]
• 1980: Ellen Hamilton Latzen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Liliane Klein, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Robert Gallery, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani writer and poet (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1981: Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Vildan Atasever, Turkish actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Chez Starbuck, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1982: Delilah Strong, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Kalimba, Mexican singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Mugdha Godse, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Delonte West, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Hila Bronstein, Israeli-German singer-songwriter (Bro'Sis) [category: Births]
• 1983: Kelly Clark, American snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1983: Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Roderick Strong, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Zara, Russian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Alex Parks, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1984: Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Kristina Dörfer, German actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper [category: Births]
• 1984: Leigh Lezark, American DJ and model (The Misshapes) [category: Births]
• 1984: Melissa Marty, Puerto Rician model, Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008 [category: Births]
• 1984: Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: George Gallup, American statistician, inventor of the Gallup poll (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1985: Carly Lewis, American singer (No Secrets) [category: Births]
• 1985: Gaël Clichy, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Georgina Sherrington, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Jasmine Lennard, English model [category: Births]
• 1985: Marcus Benard, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Mat Gamel, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Matt Riddlehoover, American actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1985: Mugdha Godse, Indian actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Natsuki Katō, Japanese actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Zhou Bichang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Leo Hallerstam, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Monica Raymund, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: W. Averell Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Alec Martinez, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Francia Raisa, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Sayaka Akimoto, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Diva) [category: Births]
• 1988: Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ivian Sarcos, Venezuelan model, Miss World 2011 [category: Births]
• 1989: A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [category: Events]
• 1990: Brent Mydland, American keyboardist and songwriter (Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, and Silver) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George Bush. [category: Events]
• 1992: Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Elizabeth Gillies, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (The Pretty Reckless) [category: Births]
• 1993: Matthew Ridgway, American army general (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: James Luther Adams, American theologian (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Terry Scott, English actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Holly Bodimeade, English actress [category: Births]
• 1995: George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Raymond Mailloux, Canadian politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Olivia Breen, English paralympic athlete [category: Births]
• 1999: Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Rex T. Barber, American pilot (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: William A. Mitchell, American food chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Alexander Golitzen, American production designer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Betty Astell, English actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days. [category: Events]
• 2005: Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003. [category: Events]
• 2007: John Normington, English actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy. [category: Events]
• 2008: 56 people are killed and over 200 people are injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India. [category: Events]
• 2009: Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities. [category: Events]
• 2010: Sivakant Tiwari, Singapore legal officer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Margaret Olley, Australian painter (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Richard Harris, American football player (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: James D. Watkins, American navy officer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Karl Benjamin, American painter (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mary Tamm, English actress (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Miriam Ben-Porat, Israeli jurist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Neil Reed, American basketball player (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pat Porter, American runner (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• _: Andrew of Phu Yen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anne (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bartolomea Capitanio [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Liberia in 1847. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Joachim (Anglican Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Paraskevi of Rome (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Venera (Veneranda) [category: Holidays and observances]