July 26

July 26 in recent years

2023 (Wednesday)

2022 (Tuesday)

2021 (Monday)

2020 (Sunday)

2019 (Friday)

2018 (Thursday)

2017 (Wednesday)

2016 (Tuesday)

2015 (Sunday)

2014 (Saturday)

July 26is the 207th day of the year (208th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;158 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 657–First Fitna:In theBattle of Siffin,troops led byAli ibn Abu Talibclash with those led byMuawiyah I.
• 811–Battle of Pliska:Byzantine EmperorNikephoros Iis killed and his heirStaurakiosis seriously wounded.
• 920– Rout of an alliance of Christian troops fromNavarreandLéonagainst the Muslims at theBattle of Valdejunquera.
• 1309–The Holy Roman Emperor Henry VIIis recognizedKing of the RomansbyPope Clement V.
• 1509– The EmperorKrishnadevarayaascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of theVijayanagara Empire.
• 1529–Francisco Pizarro González,Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
• 1579–Francis Drake,the English explorer, discovers a "fair and good" bay on the coast of thePacific Northwest(probablyOregonorWashington).
• 1581–Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration):The northernLow Countriesdeclare their independence from the Spanish king,Philip II.

1601–1900

• 1703– During theBavarian Rummelthe rural population ofTyroldrove theBavarianPrince-ElectorMaximilian II Emanuelout of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented theBavarian Army,which was allied withFrance,from marching as planned onViennaduring theWar of the Spanish Succession.
• 1745– The first recordedwomen's cricketmatch takes place nearGuildford,England.
• 1758–French and Indian War:TheSiege of Louisbourgends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of theGulf of Saint Lawrence.
• 1775– The office that would later become theUnited States Post Office Departmentis established by theSecond Continental Congress.Benjamin Franklinof Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
• 1778– TheEmigration of Christians from the Crimea in 1778begins.
• 1788– New York ratifies theUnited States Constitutionand becomes the 11th state of the United States.
• 1803– TheSurrey Iron Railway,arguably the world's first publicrailway,opens in south London, United Kingdom.
• 1814– TheSwedish–Norwegian Warbegins.
• 1822–José de San Martínarrives inGuayaquil,Ecuador,tomeetwithSimón Bolívar.
• 1822 – First day of the three-dayBattle of Dervenakia,between theOttoman Empireforce led byMahmud Dramali Pashaand theGreek Revolutionaryforce led byTheodoros Kolokotronis.
• 1847–Liberiadeclares its independence from theUnited States.Franceandthe United Kingdomare the first to recognize the new nation.
• 1861–American Civil War:George B. McClellanassumes command of theArmy of the Potomacfollowing a disastrousUniondefeat at theFirst Battle of Bull Run.
• 1863– American Civil War:Morgan's Raidends; AtSalineville, Ohio,Confederatecavalry leaderJohn Hunt Morganand 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
• 1882– Premiere ofRichard Wagner's operaParsifalatBayreuth.
• 1882 – The Republic ofStellalandis founded in Southern Africa.
• 1887– Publication of theUnua Libro,founding the Esperanto movement.
• 1890– InBuenos Aires, ArgentinatheRevolución del Parquetakes place, forcing PresidentMiguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
• 1891– France annexesTahiti.
• 1892–Dadabhai Naorojiis elected as the first IndianMember of Parliamentin Britain.
• 1897–Anglo-Afghan War:ThePashtunfakirSaidullahleads an army of more than 10,000 to begin asiege of the British garrisonin theMalakand Agencyof theNorth West Frontier Provinceof India.
• 1899–Ulises Heureaux,the 27thPresident of the Dominican Republic,is assassinated.

1901–present

• 1908–United States Attorney GeneralCharles Joseph Bonaparteissues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed theFederal Bureau of Investigation).
• 1918–Emmy Noether's paper, which became known asNoether's theoremwas presented atGöttingen,Germany, from whichconservation lawsare deduced for symmetries ofangular momentum,linear momentum,andenergy.
• 1936–Spanish Civil War:GermanyandItalydecide to intervene in the war in support forFrancisco Francoand theNationalist faction.
• 1936 – KingEdward VIII,in one of his few official duties before heabdicatesthe throne, officially unveils theCanadian National Vimy Memorial.
• 1937– Spanish Civil War: End of theBattle of Brunetewith the Nationalist victory.
• 1941–World War II:Battle of Grand Harbour,British forces onMaltadestroy an attack by the ItalianDecima Flottiglia MAS.FortSt Elmo Bridgecovering the harbour is demolished in the process.
• 1941– World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation ofFrench Indochina,the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets andcut off oil shipments.
• 1944– World War II: TheRed ArmyentersLviv,a major city in westernUkraine,capturing it from theNazis.Only 300Jewssurvive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
• 1945– TheLabour Partywins theUnited Kingdom general election of July 5by a landslide, removingWinston Churchillfrom power.
• 1945 – World War II: ThePotsdam Declarationis signed inPotsdam,Germany.
• 1945 – World War II:HMSVestalis the last BritishRoyal Navyship to be sunk in the war.
• 1945 – World War II: TheUSSIndianapolisarrives atTinianwith components andenriched uraniumfor theLittle Boynuclear bomb.
• 1946–Aloha Airlinesbegins service fromHonolulu International Airport.
• 1947–Cold War:U.S. PresidentHarry S. Trumansigns theNational Security Act of 1947intoUnited States lawcreating theCentral Intelligence Agency,United States Department of Defense,United States Air Force,Joint Chiefs of Staff,and theUnited States National Security Council.
• 1948– U.S. PresidentHarry S. TrumansignsExecutive Order 9981,desegregating the military of the United States.
• 1951–Walt Disney's 13thanimated film,Alice in Wonderland,premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
• 1952– KingFarouk of Egyptabdicates in favor of his sonFuad.
• 1953– Cold War:Fidel Castroleads an unsuccessful attack on theMoncada Barracks,thus beginning theCuban Revolution.The movement took the name of the date:26th of July Movement
• 1953 –ArizonaGovernorJohn Howard Pyleorders an anti-polygamylaw enforcement crackdown on residents ofShort Creek, Arizona,which becomes known as theShort Creek raid.
• 1953 – Soldiers from the2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regimentrepel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during theBattle of the Samichon River,just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending theKorean War.
• 1956– Following theWorld Bank's refusal to fund building theAswan Dam,EgyptianleaderGamal Abdel Nassernationalizes theSuez Canal,sparking international condemnation.
• 1957–Carlos Castillo Armas,dictator ofGuatemala,is assassinated.
• 1958–Explorer program:Explorer 4is launched.
• 1963–Syncom 2,the world's firstgeosynchronous satellite,is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
• 1963 – AnearthquakeinSkopje,Yugoslavia(present-dayNorth Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
• 1963 – TheOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentvotes to admitJapan.
• 1968–Vietnam War:South Vietnameseopposition leaderTrương Đình Dzuis sentenced to five yearshard laborfor advocating the formation of acoalition governmentas a way to move toward an end to the war.
• 1971–Apollo program:Launch ofApollo 15on the first Apollo "J-Mission",and first use of aLunar Roving Vehicle.
• 1974–Greek Prime MinisterKonstantinos Karamanlisforms the country's first civil government afterseven years of military rule.
• 1977– The National Assembly ofQuebecimposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
• 1989– A federalgrand juryindictsCornell UniversitystudentRobert T. Morris, Jr.for releasing theMorris worm,thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
• 1990– TheAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990is signed into law by PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush.
• 1993–Asiana Airlines Flight 733crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land atMokpo Airport,South Korea.Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.
• 1999–Kargil conflictofficially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
• 2005–Space Shuttle program:STS-114Mission: Launch ofDiscovery,NASA's first scheduled flight mission after theColumbiaDisasterin2003.
• 2005 –Mumbai,India receives99.5cm of rain(39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
• 2008– Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in theAhmedabad bombings in India.
• 2009– The militantNigerianIslamistgroupBoko Haramattacks a police station inBauchi,leading to reprisals by theNigeria Police Forceandfour days of violenceacross multiple cities.
• 2011– ARoyal Moroccan Air ForceLockheed C-130 HerculescrashesnearGuelmim AirportinGuelmim,Morocco.All 80 people on board are killed.
• 2016– TheSagamihara stabbingsoccur inKanagawa Prefecturein Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
• 2016 –Hillary Clintonbecomes the first female nominee forPresident of the United Statesby a major political party at theDemocratic National ConventioninPhiladelphia.
• 2016 –Solar Impulse 2becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate theEarth.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1030–Stanislaus of Szczepanów,Polish bishop and saint (d. 1079)
• 1400–Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester,English noble (d. 1439)
• 1502–Christian Egenolff,German printer (d. 1555)

1601–1900

• 1678–Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor(d. 1711)
• 1711–Lorenz Christoph Mizler,German physician, mathematician, and historian (d. 1778)
• 1739–George Clinton,American general and politician, 4thVice President of the United States(d. 1812)
• 1782–John Field,Irish pianist and composer (d. 1837)
• 1791–Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart,Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1844)
• 1796–George Catlin,American painter, author, and traveler (d. 1872)
• 1802–Mariano Arista,Mexican general and politician, 42ndPresident of Mexico(d. 1855)
• 1819–Justin Holland,American guitarist and educator (d. 1887)
• 1829–Auguste Beernaert,Belgian politician, 14thPrime Minister of Belgium,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1912)
• 1838–Silas Soule,American soldier and whistleblower of theSand Creek Massacre(d. 1865)
• 1841–Carl Robert Jakobson,Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1882)
• 1842–Alfred Marshall,English economist and academic (d. 1924)
• 1844–Stefan Drzewiecki,Ukrainian-Polish engineer and journalist (d. 1938)
• 1854–Philippe Gaucher,French dermatologist and academic (d. 1918)
• 1855–Ferdinand Tönnies,German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1936)
• 1856–George Bernard Shaw,Irish playwright and critic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1950)
• 1858–Tom Garrett,Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1943)
• 1863–Jāzeps Vītols,Latvian composer (d. 1948)
• 1865–Philipp Scheidemann,German journalist and politician, 10thChancellor of Germany(d. 1939)
• 1865 –Rajanikanta Sen,Indian poet and composer (d. 1910)
• 1874–Serge Koussevitzky,Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
• 1875–Carl Jung,Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)
• 1875 –Ernesta Di Capua,Italian botanist and explorer (d. 1943)
• 1875 –Antonio Machado,Spanish poet and academic (d. 1939)
• 1877 –Jesse Lauriston Livermore,American investor and security analyst, "Great Bear of Wall Street" (d. 1940)
• 1878–Ernst Hoppenberg,German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937)
• 1879–Shunroku Hata,Japanese field marshal and politician, 48thJapanese Minister of War(d. 1962)
• 1880–Volodymyr Vynnychenko,Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1stPrime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic(d. 1951)
• 1882–Albert Dunstan,Australian politician, 33rdPremier of Victoria(d. 1950)
• 1885–Roy Castleton,American baseball player (d. 1967)
• 1885 –André Maurois,French soldier and author (d. 1967)
• 1886–Lars Hanson,Swedish actor (d. 1965)
• 1888–Reginald Hands,South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1918)
• 1890–Daniel J. Callaghan,American admiral,Medal of Honorrecipient (d. 1942)
• 1892–Sad Sam Jones,American baseball player and manager (d. 1966)
• 1893–George Grosz,German painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
• 1894–Aldous Huxley,English novelist and philosopher (d. 1963)
• 1895–Gracie Allen,American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
• 1896–Tim Birkin,English soldier and race car driver (d. 1933)
• 1897–Harold D. Cooley,American lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
• 1897 –Paul Gallico,American journalist and author (d. 1976)
• 1900–Sarah Kafrit,Israeli politician and teacher (d. 1983)

1901–present

• 1903–Estes Kefauver,American lawyer and politician (d. 1963)
• 1904–Frank Scott Hogg,Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
• 1904 –Edwin Albert Link,American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented theflight simulator(d. 1981)
• 1906–Irena Iłłakowicz,German-Polish lieutenant (d. 1943)
• 1908–Lucien Wercollier,Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1909–Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft,English lawyer and politician,Chancellor of the Exchequer(d. 1994)
• 1909 –Vivian Vance,American actress and singer (d. 1979)
• 1913–Kan Yuet-keung,Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
• 1914–C. Farris Bryant,American soldier, lawyer, and politician,34th Governor of Florida(d. 2002)
• 1914 –Erskine Hawkins,American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)
• 1914 –Ellis Kinder,American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1916–Dean Brooks,American physician and actor (d. 2013)
• 1916 –Jaime Luiz Coelho,Brazilian archbishop (d. 2013)
• 1918–Marjorie Lord,American actress (d. 2015)
• 1919–Virginia Gilmore,American actress (d. 1986)
• 1919 –James Lovelock,English biologist and chemist (d. 2022)
• 1920–Bob Waterfield,American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1921–Tom Saffell,American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
• 1921 –Jean Shepherd,American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1922–Blake Edwards,American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1922 –Jim Foglesong,American record producer (d. 2013)
• 1922 –Jason Robards,American actor (d. 2000)
• 1923–Jan Berenstain,American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1923 –Bernice Rubens,Welsh author (d. 2004)
• 1923 –Hoyt Wilhelm,American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
• 1925–Jerzy Einhorn,Polish-Swedish physician and politician (d. 2000)
• 1925 –Joseph Engelberger,American physicist and engineer (d. 2015)
• 1925 –Gene Gutowski,Polish-American film producer (d. 2016)
• 1925 –Ana María Matute,Spanish author and academic (d. 2014)
• 1926–James Best,American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1927–Gulabrai Ramchand,Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
• 1928–Don Beauman,English race car driver (d. 1955)
• 1928 –Francesco Cossiga,Italian academic and politician, 8thPresident of Italy(d. 2010)
• 1928 –Elliott Erwitt,French-American photographer and director (d. 2023)
• 1928 –Ibn-e-Safi,Indian-Pakistani author and poet (d. 1980)
• 1928 –Joe Jackson,American talent manager, father ofMichael Jackson(d. 2018)
• 1928 –Stanley Kubrick,American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1999)
• 1928 –Peter Lougheed,Canadian lawyer and politician, 10thPremier of Alberta(d. 2012)
• 1928 –Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes,Irish-born English politician
• 1929–Marc Lalonde,Canadian lawyer and politician, 34thCanadian Minister of Justice(d. 2023)
• 1929 –Alexis Weissenberg,Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (d. 2012)
• 1930–Plínio de Arruda Sampaio,Brazilian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1930 –Barbara Jefford,English actress (d. 2020)
• 1931–Telê Santana,Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
• 1934–Tommy McDonald,American football player (d. 2018)
• 1936–Tsutomu Koyama,Japanese volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1936 –Lawrie McMenemy,English footballer and manager
• 1937–Ercole Spada,Italian automotive designer
• 1938–Bobby Hebb,American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1938 –Keith Peters,Welsh physician and academic
• 1939–Jun Henmi,Japanese author and poet (d. 2011)
• 1939 –John Howard,Australian lawyer and politician, 25thPrime Minister of Australia
• 1939 –Bob Lilly,American football player and photographer
• 1939 –Richard Marlow,English organist and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1940–Dobie Gray,American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1940 –Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney,Northern Irish-British academic and politician,Secretary of State for Transport(d. 2019)
• 1940 –Bobby Rousseau,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1941–Jean Baubérot,French historian and sociologist
• 1941 –Darlene Love,American singer and actress
• 1941 –Brenton Wood,American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1942–Vladimír Mečiar,Slovak politician, 1stPrime Minister of Slovakia
• 1942 –Teddy Pilette,Belgian race car driver
• 1943–Peter Hyams,American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1943 –Mick Jagger,English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1944–Betty Davis,American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
• 1945–Helen Mirren,English actress
• 1946–Emilio de Villota,Spanish race car driver
• 1948–Luboš Andršt,Czech guitarist and songwriter (d. 2021)
• 1948 –Herbert Wiesinger,German figure skater
• 1949–Thaksin Shinawatra,Thai businessman and politician, 23rdPrime Minister of Thailand
• 1949 –Roger Taylor,English singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1950–Nelinho,Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1950 –Nicholas Evans,English journalist, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2022)
• 1950 –Susan George,English actress and producer
• 1950 –Anne Rafferty,English lawyer and judge
• 1950 –Rich Vogler,American race car driver (d. 1990)
• 1951–Rick Martin,Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1952–Glynis Breakwell,English psychologist and academic
• 1953–Felix Magath,German footballer and manager
• 1953 –Robert Phillips,American guitarist
• 1953 –Henk Bleker,Dutch politician
• 1953 –Earl Tatum,American professional basketball player
• 1954–Vitas Gerulaitis,American tennis player and coach (d. 1994)
• 1955–Aleksandrs Starkovs,Latvian footballer and coach
• 1955 –Asif Ali Zardari,Pakistani businessman and politician, 11thPresident of Pakistan
• 1955 –Joseph Christopher,American serial killer (d. 1993)
• 1956–Peter Fincham,English screenwriter and producer
• 1956 –Dorothy Hamill,American figure skater
• 1956 –Tommy Rich,American wrestler
• 1956 –Tim Tremlett,English cricketer and coach
• 1957–Norman Baker,Scottish politician
• 1957 –Nana Visitor,American actress
• 1958–Monti Davis,American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 1958 –Angela Hewitt,Canadian-English pianist
• 1959–Rick Bragg,American author and journalist
• 1959 –Kevin Spacey,American actor and director
• 1961–Gary Cherone,American singer-songwriter
• 1961 –Andy Connell,English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1961 –Felix Dexter,Caribbean-English comedian and actor (d. 2013)
• 1963–Jeff Stoughton,Canadian curler
• 1964–Sandra Bullock,American actress and producer
• 1964 –Ralf Metzenmacher,German painter and designer (d. 2020)
• 1964 –Anne Provoost,Belgian author
• 1965–Jeremy Piven,American actor and producer
• 1965 –Jim Lindberg,American singer and guitarist
• 1966–Angelo di Livio,Italian footballer
• 1967–Martin Baker,English organist and conductor
• 1967 –Tim Schafer,American video game designer, foundedDouble Fine Productions
• 1967 –Jason Statham,English actor
• 1968–Frédéric Diefenthal,French actor and director
• 1968 –Jim Naismith,Scottish biologist and academic
• 1968 –Olivia Williams,English actress
• 1969–Greg Colbrunn,American baseball player and coach
• 1969 –Tanni Grey-Thompson,Welsh baroness and wheelchair racer
• 1971–Khaled Mahmud,Bangladeshi cricketer and coach
• 1971 –Chris Harrison,American television personality
• 1972–Nathan Buckley,Australian footballer and coach
• 1973–Kate Beckinsale,English actress
• 1973 –Mariano Raffo,Argentinian director and producer
• 1974–Iron & Wine,American singer-songwriter
• 1974 –Kees Meeuws,New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1974 –Dean Sturridge,English footballer and sportscaster
• 1975–Ingo Schultz,German sprinter
• 1975 –Joe Smith,American basketball player
• 1975 –Liz Truss,formerPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1976–Elena Kustarova,Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1977–Joaquín Benoit,Dominican baseball player
• 1977 –Martin Laursen,Danish footballer and manager
• 1977 –Tanja Szewczenko,German figure skater
• 1979–Friedrich Michau,German rugby player
• 1979 –Derek Paravicini,English pianist
• 1979 –Peter Sarno,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 –Erik Westrum,American ice hockey player
• 1979 –Juliet Rylance,English actress
• 1980–Jacinda Ardern,40thPrime Minister of New Zealand
• 1980 –Dave Baksh,Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1980 –Robert Gallery,American football player
• 1981–Abe Forsythe,Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1981 –Maicon Sisenando,Brazilian footballer
• 1982–Gilad Hochman,Israeli composer
• 1982 –Christopher Kane,Scottish fashion designer
• 1983–Kelly Clark,American snowboarder
• 1983 –Stephen Makinwa,Nigerian footballer
• 1983 –Roderick Strong,American wrestler
• 1983 –Naomi van As,Dutch field hockey player
• 1983 –Ken Wallace,Australian kayaker
• 1983 –Delonte West,American basketball player
• 1984–Kyriakos Ioannou,Cypriot high jumper
• 1984 –Benjamin Kayser,French rugby player
• 1984 –Sabri Sarıoğlu,Turkish footballer
• 1985–Marcus Benard,American football player
• 1985 –Gaël Clichy,French footballer
• 1985 –Audrey De Montigny,Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 –Mat Gamel,American baseball player
• 1986–Monica Raymund,American actress
• 1986 –Leonardo Ulloa,Argentinian footballer
• 1986 –John White,English footballer
• 1987–Panagiotis Kone,Greek footballer
• 1987 –Jordie Benn,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 –Fredy Montero,Colombian footballer
• 1988–Yurie Omi,Japanese announcer and news anchor
• 1988 –Sayaka Akimoto,Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
• 1991–Tyson Barrie,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 –Chinami Yoshida,Japanese curler
• 1992–Marika Koroibete,Fijian rugby player
• 1993–Raymond Faitala-Mariner,New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 –Taylor Momsen,American singer-songwriter, model, and actress
• 1994–Ella Leivo,Finnish tennis player
• 1996–Olivia Breen,British Paralympic athlete
• 2000–Thomasin McKenzie,New Zealand actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 342–Cheng of Jin,emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 321)
• 811–Nikephoros I,Byzantine emperor
• 899–Li Hanzhi,Chinese warlord (b. 842)
• 943–Motoyoshi,Japanese nobleman and poet (b. 890)
• 990–Fujiwara no Kaneie,Japanese statesman (b. 929)
• 1380–Kōmyō,emperor of Japan (b. 1322)
• 1450–Cecily Neville,duchess of Warwick (b. 1424)
• 1471–Paul II,pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1417)
• 1533–Atahualpa,Inca emperor abducted and murdered byFrancisco Pizarro(b. ca. 1500)
• 1592–Armand de Gontant,French marshal (b. 1524)

1601–1900

• 1605–Miguel de Benavides,Spanish archbishop and sinologist (b. 1552)
• 1611–Horio Yoshiharu,Japanese daimyō (b. 1542)
• 1630–Charles Emmanuel I,duke of Savoy (b. 1562)
• 1659–Mary Frith,English criminal (b. 1584)
• 1680–John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester,English poet and courtier (b. 1647)
• 1684–Elena Cornaro Piscopia,Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
• 1693–Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark,queen of Sweden (b. 1656)
• 1712–Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds,English politician,Lord High Treasurer(b. 1631)
• 1723–Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven,English politician,Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster(b. 1660)
• 1801–Maximilian Francis,archduke of Austria (b. 1756)
• 1863–Sam Houston,American general and politician, 7thGovernor of Texas,and 6thGovernor of Tennessee(b. 1793)
• 1867–Otto,king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899–Ulises Heureaux,22nd, 26th, and 27thPresident of the Dominican Republic(b. 1845)

1901–present

• 1915–James Murray,Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919–Edward Poynter,English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921–Howard Vernon,Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925–Antonio Ascari,Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 –Gottlob Frege,German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 –William Jennings Bryan,American lawyer and politician, 41stUnited States Secretary of State(b. 1860)
• 1926–Robert Todd Lincoln,American lawyer and politician, 35thUnited States Secretary of War,son ofAbraham Lincoln(b. 1843)
• 1930–Pavlos Karolidis,Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932–Fred Duesenberg,German-American businessman, co-founded theDuesenberg Company(b. 1876)
• 1934–Winsor McCay,American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
• 1941–Henri Lebesgue,French mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
• 1942–Roberto Arlt,Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1951–James Mitchell,Australian politician, 13thPremier of Western Australia(b. 1866)
• 1952–Eva Perón,Argentinian politician, 25thFirst Lady of Argentina(b. 1919)
• 1953–Nikolaos Plastiras,Greek general and politician, 135thPrime Minister of Greece(b. 1883)
• 1957–Carlos Castillo Armas,Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
• 1960–Cedric Gibbons,British art director and production designer (b. 1893)
• 1964–Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe,English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
• 1968–Cemal Tollu,Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970–Robert Taschereau,Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11thChief Justice of Canada(b. 1896)
• 1971–Diane Arbus,American photographer and academic (b. 1923)
• 1984–George Gallup,American mathematician and statistician, founded theGallup Company(b. 1901)
• 1984 –Ed Gein,American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1986–W. Averell Harriman,American politician and diplomat, 11thUnited States Secretary of Commerce(b. 1891)
• 1988–Fazlur Rahman Malik,Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)
• 1992–Mary Wells,American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1993–Matthew Ridgway,American general (b. 1895)
• 1994–James Luther Adams,American theologian and academic (b. 1901)
• 1995–Laurindo Almeida,Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1995 –Raymond Mailloux,Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
• 1995 –George W. Romney,American businessman and politician, 43rdGovernor of Michigan(b. 1907)
• 1996–Max Winter,American businessman and sports executive (b. 1903)
• 1999–Walter Jackson Bate,American author and critic (b. 1918)
• 1999 –Phaedon Gizikis,Greek general and politician,President of Greece(b. 1917)
• 2000–John Tukey,American mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2001–Rex T. Barber,American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2001 –Peter von Zahn,German journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 2004–William A. Mitchell,American chemist, createdPop RocksandCool Whip(b. 1911)
• 2005–Alexander Golitzen,Russian-born American production designer and art director (b. 1908)
• 2005 –Jack Hirshleifer,American economist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2005 –Gilles Marotte,Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
• 2007–Lars Forssell,Swedish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
• 2007 –Skip Prosser,American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2009–Merce Cunningham,American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 2010–Sivakant Tiwari,Indian-Singaporean politician (b. 1945)
• 2011–Joe Arroyo,Colombian singer-songwriter and composer (b. 1955)
• 2011 –Tom Borton,American jazz saxophonist, songwriter and composer (b. 1956)
• 2011 –Richard Harris,American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1948)
• 2011 –Sakyo Komatsu,Japanese author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2011 –Margaret Olley,Australian painter and philanthropist (b. 1923)
• 2012–Don Bagley,American bassist and composer (b. 1927)
• 2012 –Karl Benjamin,American painter and educator (b. 1925)
• 2012 –Miriam Ben-Porat,Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (b. 1918)
• 2012 –Lupe Ontiveros,American actress (b. 1942)
• 2012 –James D. Watkins,American admiral and politician, 6thUnited States Secretary of Energy(b. 1927)
• 2013–Luther F. Cole,American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
• 2013 –Harley Flanders,American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)
• 2013 –Sung Jae-gi,South Korean philosopher and activist (b. 1967)
• 2013 –George P. Mitchell,American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1919)
• 2014–Oleh Babayev,Ukrainian businessman and politician (b. 1965)
• 2014 –Charles R. Larson,American admiral (b. 1936)
• 2014 –Richard MacCormac,English architect, foundedMJP Architects(b. 1938)
• 2014 –Sergei O. Prokofieff,Russian anthropologist and author (b. 1954)
• 2014 –Roland Verhavert,Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2015–Bijoy Krishna Handique,Indian lawyer and politician,Indian Minister of Mines(b. 1934)
• 2015 –Flora MacDonald,Canadian banker and politician, 10thCanadian Minister of Communications(b. 1926)
• 2015 –Leo Reise, Jr.,Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
• 2015 –Ann Rule,American police officer and author (b. 1931)
• 2017–June Foray,American voice actress (b. 1917)
• 2017 –Patti Deutsch,American voice artist and comedic actress (b. 1943)
• 2017 –Ronald Phillips,American criminal (b. 1973)
• 2018–Adem Demaçi,Kosovo Albanianpolitician and writer (b. 1936)
• 2018 –John Kline,American basketball player (b. 1931)
• 2019–Russi Taylor,American voice actress (b. 1944)
• 2019 –Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino,Cuban Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
• 2020–Olivia de Havilland,American actress (b. 1916)
• 2021–Joey Jordison,American musician (b. 1975)
• 2023–Sinéad O'Connor,Irish singer and musician (b. 1966)

Holidays and observances

• Christianfeast day:
  • Andrew of Phú Yên
  • Anne(Western Christianity)
  • Bartolomea Capitanio
  • BlessedMaria Pierina
  • Joachim(Western Christianity)
  • Paraskevi of Rome(Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Venera
  • July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Emancipation Day(Barbados)
• Day of the National Rebellion(Cuba)
• Esperanto Day
• Independence Day (Liberia),celebrates the independence ofLiberiafrom theAmerican Colonization Societyin 1847.
• Independence Day (Maldives),celebrates the independence ofMaldivesfrom the United Kingdom in 1965.
• Kargil Victory DayorKargil Vijay Diwas(India)

External links

• "On This Day".BBC.
• The New York Times:On This Day
• "Historical Events on July 26".OnThisDay.com.