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July 26th, 2006 (July 26 2006) | Event | Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days. | |
July 26th, 1986 (July 26 1986) | Death | Averell Harriman, American diplomat (born in 1891) | |
July 26th, 1976 (July 26 1976) | Birth | Brad Wilkins, American architect | |
July 26th, 1966 (July 26 1966) | Event | Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent. | |
July 26th, 1956 (July 26 1956) | Event | Following the World Bank s decline to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation. | |
July 26th, 1956 (July 26 1956) | Birth | Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater | |
July 26th, 1946 (July 26 1946) | Event | Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport | |
July 26th, 1936 (July 26 1936) | Event | The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War. | |
July 26th, 1936 (July 26 1936) | Birth | Mary Millar, English actress (died in 1998) | |
July 26th, 1926 (July 26 1926) | Birth | James Best, American actor | |
July 26th, 1926 (July 26 1926) | Birth | Ana Maria Matute, Spanish author | |
July 26th, 1906 (July 26 1906) | Birth | Irena Illakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (died in 1943) | |
July 26th, 1896 (July 26 1896) | Birth | Henry Birkin, British racing driver (died in 1933) | |
July 26th, 1886 (July 26 1886) | Birth | Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (died in 1965) | |
July 26th, 1856 (July 26 1856) | Birth | George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Laureate (died in 1950) | George Bernard Shaw Quotes |
July 26th, 1846 (July 26 1846) | Birth | Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (died in 1880) | |
July 26th, 0796 (July 26 0796) | Death | Offa, King of Mercia | |