Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 26
July 26, 2024 is the 208th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: July 26
- 1533 –Atahualpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro’s Spanish conquistadors. His death marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
- 1758 –French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- 1775 –The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1882 –The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
- 1936 –The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1948 –U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
- 1953 –Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
- 1956 –Following the World Bank’s refusal to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
- 1963 –The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
- 1965 –Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
Who were born on July 26?
- 1829 –Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1912)
- 1865 –Philipp Scheidemann, First Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (d. 1939)
- 1874 –Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
- 1894 –Aldous Huxley, English-born author (d. 1963)
- 1931 –Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager and player (d. 2006)
- 1940 –Mary Jo Kopechne, American aide to Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1969)
- 1941 –Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1972 –Nathan Buckley, Australian rules footballer
- 1979 –Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 –Ivian Sarcos, Venezuelan beauty pageant
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