On This Day: 26 July

26 July in Indian history

• 2008Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.India
• 2007After 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.India
• 2005Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.India
• 1999Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.India
• 1897Anglo-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.India
• 1892Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.India
• 1759French 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.India

26 July in world history

• 2016Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
• 2009The 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.
• 2005Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• 1968After 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.
• 1953The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the Korean War, ended a few hours before the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
• 1953In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.
• 1947Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States Nationa
• 1936The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.
• 1936Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• 1918Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• 1551The 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.

Born on 26 July

• 1974Kees Meeuws, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1928Ibn-e-Safi, Indian-Pakistani author and poet (died 1980)India
• 1927Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (died 2003)India
• 1904Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1951)
• 1865Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (died 1910)India
• 1865Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (died 1939)

Died on 26 July

• 2015Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (born 1934)India
• 2010Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (born 1945)India
• 1953Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)
• 1932Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (born 1876)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 26 July in history?

2016: Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. 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. 2008: Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India. 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.

What happened on 26 July in Indian history?

2008: Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India. 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. 2005: Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.

Which famous people were born on 26 July?

Kees Meeuws, New Zealand rugby player and coach (1974); Ibn-e-Safi, Indian-Pakistani author and poet (died 1980) (1928); Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (died 2003) (1927); Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1951) (1904).

Which day is observed on 26 July?

Kargil Vijay Diwas; 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..