July 26
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1974
Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
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The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
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Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.
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Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
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Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
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Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
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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.
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A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.
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The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
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Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
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2000Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
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1997Sebastian Aho, Finnish ice hockey player
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1996Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete
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1993Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
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1993Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress
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1992Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
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1991Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
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1991Chinami Yoshida, Japanese curler
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1990Bianca Santos, American actress
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1989Jeon Yeo-been, South Korean actress
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1988Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
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1987Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
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