July 26th, 1897

Born on July 26th, 1897

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What happened on July 26th?

July 26th, 2016

A former employee carried out a mass stabbing at a care home for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, killing 19 people and wounding 26 others.

July 26th, 2012

The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.

July 26th, 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.

July 26th, 1993

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 of the people on board.

July 26th, 1968

After 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.

July 26th, 1953

In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.

July 26th, 1936

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial (unveiling pictured), dedicated to the Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.

July 26th, 1887

L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.

July 26th, 1882

Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.

July 26th, 1778

On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia.

July 26th, 1759

French and Indian War: Rather than defend Fort Carillon, near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, from approaching British forces, French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque withdrew his troops and attempted to blow up the fort.

July 26th, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.

July 26th, 2011

A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.

July 26th, 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.

July 26th, 2005

Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 26th

Born on July 26th, 1897

78

Paul Gallico

American writer and journalist (1897-1976)

*July 26th, 1897, New York City †July 15th, 1976, Monaco

60

Herbert Fields

American actor, director, and librettist (1897-1958)

*July 26th, 1897, New York City †March 24th, 1958, New York City

76

Harold Dunbar Cooley

American politician (1897-1974)

*July 26th, 1897, Nashville †January 15th, 1974, Wilson

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Who's birthday is on July 26th?

69

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

*July 26th, 1894, Godalming †November 22nd, 1963, Los Angeles

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

29

Guro Reiten

Norwegian association football player

*July 26th, 1994, Sunndalsøra

82

Francesco Cossiga

8th President of Italy (1928-2010)

*July 26th, 1928, Sassari †August 17th, 2010, Rome

70

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

*July 26th, 1928, The Bronx †March 7th, 1999, Harpenden

23

Zoe Turnes

Argentinian handball player

*July 26th, 2000, Buenos Aires

65

George Grosz

German artist (1893–1959)

*July 26th, 1893, Berlin †July 6th, 1959, West Berlin

43

Jacinda Ardern

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*July 26th, 1980, Hamilton

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

*July 26th, 1842, Bermondsey †July 13th, 1924, Cambridge

59

Sandra Bullock

American-German actress and producer

*July 26th, 1964, Arlington County

48

Liz Truss

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022

*July 26th, 1975, Oxford

80

Mick Jagger

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

*July 26th, 1943, Dartford

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (1959-)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

85

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

*July 26th, 1875, Kesswil †June 6th, 1961, Küsnacht

56

Jason Statham

English actor (born 1967)

*July 26th, 1967, Shirebrook

72

Franco Mescolini

Italian actor

*July 26th, 1944, Cesena †April 12th, 2017, Cesena

99

Lorna Gray

American actress (1917-2017)

*July 26th, 1917, Grand Rapids †April 30th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

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Born in 1897

82

Dirk Stikker

Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)

*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar

64

William Faulkner

American writer (1897–1962)

*September 25th, 1897, New Albany †July 6th, 1962, Byhalia

66

Pierre Loeb

French Jewish galerist and art dealer persecuted by Nazis (1897-1964)

*September 24th, 1897, Paris †May 4th, 1964

41

Amelia Earhart

American aviation pioneer and author

*July 24th, 1897, Atchison †January 5th, 1939, Howland Island

80

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

*February 4th, 1897, Fürth †May 5th, 1977, Bonn

76

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

*June 13th, 1897, Turku †October 2nd, 1973, Helsinki

80

Paul VI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978

*September 26th, 1897, Concesio †August 6th, 1978, Castel Gandolfo

58

Irène Joliot-Curie

French scientist (1897-1956)

*September 12th, 1897, 13th arrondissement of Paris †March 17th, 1956, Paris

64

Georges Bataille

French intellectual and literary figure

*September 10th, 1897, Billom †July 9th, 1962, Paris

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

96

Marian Anderson

African-American contralto (1897–1993)

*February 21st, 1897, Philadelphia †April 8th, 1993, Portland

94

Judith Anderson

Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)

*February 10th, 1897, Adelaide †January 3rd, 1992, Santa Barbara

76

Kate O'Brien

Irish novelist, playwright and activist

*December 3rd, 1897, Limerick †August 13th, 1974, Canterbury

90

Viola Dana

Actress (1897-1987)

*June 26th, 1897, Brooklyn †July 3rd, 1987, Woodland Hills

78

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

78

Alfredo Bracchi

Italian writer and actor (1897-1976)

*December 30th, 1897, Milan †October 11th, 1976, Milan

94

Frank Capra

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

*May 18th, 1897, Bisacquino †September 3rd, 1991, La Quinta

75

Lester B. Pearson

14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968

*April 23rd, 1897, Toronto †December 27th, 1972, Ottawa

72

Everett Bradley

American pentathlete

*May 19th, 1897, Cedar Rapids †July 25th, 1969, Wichita

105

Mary Ellis

American opera singer (1897–2003)

*June 15th, 1897, New York City †January 30th, 2003, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1897 is a normal year and no leap year.

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