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July 26: Day of the Week
July 26, 2024 is the 208th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
July 26 Historical Event(s)
1581
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
1882
Premiere of Richard Wagner’s opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
1890
In Buenos Aires the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman’s resignation.
1937
End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
1945
The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
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
1956
Following the World Bank’s refusal to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
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.
2005
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA’s first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
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.
Who were born on July 26?
1846
Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor and cowboy (d. 1880)
1928
Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician
1931
Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager and player (d. 2006)
1939
Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet
1941
Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
1959
Kevin Spacey, American actor
1967
Tim Schafer, American computer game designer
1977
Rebecca St. James, Australian-born singer
1979
Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
1980
Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
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