Tukuk-OS📅 July 26
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on July 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2016 — Hillary Clinton (pictured) became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Hillary ClintonPresident of the United States2016 Democratic National Convention
- 2012 — The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.
- 2007 — After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.
- 1993 — Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 people on board.
- 1968 — After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu1967 South Vietnamese presidential electionTrương Đình Dzu
- 1953 — In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.
- 1953 — The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the Korean War, ended a few hours before the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
Battle of the Samichon RiverKorean WarKorean Armistice Agreement
- 1936 — The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.
Canadian National Vimy MemorialCanadian Expeditionary ForcePas-de-Calais
- 1887 — L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.
- 1882 — Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.
- 1778 — On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia.
Catherine the GreatEviction of Christians from the Crimea (1778)Pryazovia
- 1759 — French and Indian War: Troops led by French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque attempted to blow up Fort Carillon, near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, rather than defending it against approaching British forces.
French and Indian WarFrançois-Charles de BourlamaqueBattle of Ticonderoga (1759)
- 1551 — The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Castello of Gozo to the Ottoman Empire following a brief siege, leading to the mass enslavement and dispersal of the Gozitan population.
- 1184 — Approximately 60 local nobles died when the floor of a building collapsed in Erfurt, causing them to fall through the ground floor into a latrine cesspit below.
Births
- 2000 — Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
- 1998 — Achraf El Yakhloufi, Belgian politician
- 1997 — Sebastian Aho, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1996 — Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete
- 1994 — Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
- 1993 — Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1993 — Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress
- 1992 — Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
- 1991 — Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 — Chinami Yoshida, Japanese curler
- 1990 — Bianca Santos, American actress
- 1989 — Jeon Yeo-been, South Korean actress
Deaths
- 2025 — Tom Lehrer, American singer, comedian and mathematician (born 1928)
- 2023 — Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966)
- 2021 — Joey Jordison, American musician (born 1975)
- 2020 — Olivia de Havilland, American actress (born 1916)
- 2019 — Russi Taylor, American voice actress (born 1944)
- 2019 — Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
- 2018 — Adem Demaçi, Kosovo Albanian politician and writer (born 1936)
- 2018 — John Kline, American basketball player (born 1931)
- 2017 — June Foray, American voice actress (born 1917)
- 2017 — Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943)
- 2017 — Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973)
- 2016 — Solomon Feferman, American philosopher and mathematician (born 1928)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Andrew of Phú Yên
- Christian feast day: Anne and Joachim (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Bartolomea Capitanio
- Christian feast day: Blessed Camilla Gentili
- Christian feast day: George Preca
- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Pierina
- Christian feast day: Paraskevi of Rome (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Titus Brandsma
- Christian feast day: Venera
- Christian feast day: July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Emancipation Day (Barbados)
- Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
- Esperanto Day
- Independence Day (Liberia), celebrates the independence of Liberia from the American Colonization Society in 1847.
Public holidays in LiberiaLiberiaAmerican Colonization Society
- Independence Day (Maldives), celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
- Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India)
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