July 26
Today is the 208th day of 2016, there are 158 days left in the year.
1775 - The Continental Congress established a Post Office and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster-General.
1788 - New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1847 - Liberia became Africa's first republic.
1856 - Playwright George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland.
1908 - The Office of the Chief Examiner, which in 1935 became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was created.
1945 - Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party. He was succeeded by Clement Attlee.
1945 - The Potsdam Declaration warned Imperial Japan to unconditionally surrender, or face "prompt and utter destruction".
1947 - President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, which created the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signed executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment.
1952 - Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1952 - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated after a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1956 - Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
1964 - Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa and six others were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the handling of a union pension fund.
1965 - The Maldives became independent of British rule.
1971 - Apollo 15 was launched on the fourth manned mission to the moon.
1990 - The House of Representatives reprimanded Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) for ethics violations.
1990 - President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1990 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a young woman -- later identified as Kimberly Bergalis of Florida -- had been infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist.
2000 - A federal judge approved a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and more than a half million plaintiffs who alleged the banks had hoarded money deposited by Holocaust victims.
2006 - A jury in Houston found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her children in a bathtub in the second trial she faced on the charges; she was committed to a state mental hospital.
Birthdays
23 - Taylor Momsen (actress)
23 - Elizabeth Gillies (actress)
26 - Bianca Santos (actress)
28 - Francia Raisa (actress)
29 - Ana Patricia-Gonzalez (model)
29 - Miriam McDonald (actress)
30 - Monica Raymund (actress)
32 - Grace Gealey (actress)
49 - Jason Statham (actor)
43 - Kate Beckinsale (actress)
51 - Jeremy Piven (actor)
52 - Sandra Bullock (actress)
57 - Kevin Spacey (actor)
60 - Dorothy Hamill (figure skater)
71 - Helen Mirren (actress)
73 - Mick Jagger (singer)
88 - Joe Jackson (father of Michael Jackson)
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Today in Sports History - July 26
1928 - The New York Yankees score 11 runs in the 12th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 12-1.
1933 - Joe DiMaggio ends a 61-game hitting streak in the Pacific Coast League.
1948 - Babe Ruth was seen in public for the last time when he attended the New York City premiere of the motion picture: "The Babe Ruth Story."
1952 - Mickey Mantle hits his first career grand slam.
1957 - Mickey Mantle hits his 200th career home run.
1967 - Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in 18 innings.
1988 - Mike Schmidt sets National League record appearing in 2,155 games at third base.
1990 - The United States defeats the Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at the Goodwill Games.
1991 - Mark Gardner of the Montreal Expos no hits the Los Angeles Dodgers through nine innings, but loses the game in the 10th.
1996 - American swimmer Amy Van Dyken became the first American woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympics.
1998 - Three spectators were killed and six were injured by flying debris from a one-car crash at the U.S. 500 at Michigan Speedway. They were the first fan deaths at a major race in the United States in more than a decade.
2004 - The Arizona Diamondbacks ended a club-record 14-game losing streak.
2005 - Greg Maddux of the Chicago Cubs becomes the 13th pitcher in major league history to register 3,000 career strikeouts.
Today is the 208th day of 2016, there are 158 days left in the year.
1775 - The Continental Congress established a Post Office and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster-General.
1788 - New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1847 - Liberia became Africa's first republic.
1856 - Playwright George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland.
1908 - The Office of the Chief Examiner, which in 1935 became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was created.
1945 - Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party. He was succeeded by Clement Attlee.
1945 - The Potsdam Declaration warned Imperial Japan to unconditionally surrender, or face "prompt and utter destruction".
1947 - President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, which created the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signed executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment.
1952 - Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1952 - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated after a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1956 - Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
1964 - Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa and six others were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the handling of a union pension fund.
1965 - The Maldives became independent of British rule.
1971 - Apollo 15 was launched on the fourth manned mission to the moon.
1990 - The House of Representatives reprimanded Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) for ethics violations.
1990 - President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1990 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a young woman -- later identified as Kimberly Bergalis of Florida -- had been infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist.
2000 - A federal judge approved a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and more than a half million plaintiffs who alleged the banks had hoarded money deposited by Holocaust victims.
2006 - A jury in Houston found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her children in a bathtub in the second trial she faced on the charges; she was committed to a state mental hospital.
Birthdays
23 - Taylor Momsen (actress)
23 - Elizabeth Gillies (actress)
26 - Bianca Santos (actress)
28 - Francia Raisa (actress)
29 - Ana Patricia-Gonzalez (model)
29 - Miriam McDonald (actress)
30 - Monica Raymund (actress)
32 - Grace Gealey (actress)
49 - Jason Statham (actor)
43 - Kate Beckinsale (actress)
51 - Jeremy Piven (actor)
52 - Sandra Bullock (actress)
57 - Kevin Spacey (actor)
60 - Dorothy Hamill (figure skater)
71 - Helen Mirren (actress)
73 - Mick Jagger (singer)
88 - Joe Jackson (father of Michael Jackson)
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Today in Sports History - July 26
1928 - The New York Yankees score 11 runs in the 12th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 12-1.
1933 - Joe DiMaggio ends a 61-game hitting streak in the Pacific Coast League.
1948 - Babe Ruth was seen in public for the last time when he attended the New York City premiere of the motion picture: "The Babe Ruth Story."
1952 - Mickey Mantle hits his first career grand slam.
1957 - Mickey Mantle hits his 200th career home run.
1967 - Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in 18 innings.
1988 - Mike Schmidt sets National League record appearing in 2,155 games at third base.
1990 - The United States defeats the Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at the Goodwill Games.
1991 - Mark Gardner of the Montreal Expos no hits the Los Angeles Dodgers through nine innings, but loses the game in the 10th.
1996 - American swimmer Amy Van Dyken became the first American woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympics.
1998 - Three spectators were killed and six were injured by flying debris from a one-car crash at the U.S. 500 at Michigan Speedway. They were the first fan deaths at a major race in the United States in more than a decade.
2004 - The Arizona Diamondbacks ended a club-record 14-game losing streak.
2005 - Greg Maddux of the Chicago Cubs becomes the 13th pitcher in major league history to register 3,000 career strikeouts.
