July 26 HOLIDAYS: EVENTS: BIRTHDAYS:

SHARE WITH FRIENDS:

Today is Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

 

👉 HOLIDAYS:

🌏 Esperanto Day.
🌏 International Mangrove Ecosystem Conservation Day.
🌏 World Tofu Day.

 

🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:

🇧🇧 Barbados - A day of national importance.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan - Day of Penal System Employees.
🇲🇻 Maldives - Independence Day.
🇱🇷 Liberia - Independence Day.
🇨🇺 Cuba - National Rebellion Day.
🇪🇸 Spain, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇵🇹 Portugal - Father's Day (Dia dos Avos).

 

👉 EVENTS:

- 657 - The Sunnis defeated the Shiites in the Battle of Siffin
- 811 - Bulgarian Khan Krum dealt a heavy blow to the Byzantine Empire.
- 1611 - the Swedish army under the command of Jacob Delagardi captured Novgorod.
— 1722 — A declaration of war against the Indians is issued in Boston, offering from 15 to 100 pounds for Indian scalps.
- 1822 - Jose San Martin and Simon Bolívar discussed the future of South America.
- 1847 - The Republic of Liberia is declared - the first independent country in black Africa.
- 1887 - The first textbook of the International Esperanto language (in Russian) was published in Warsaw.
- 1918 - Bolsheviks overthrew the Bolshevik government in Azerbaijan.
— 1918 — Intervention: French troops were landed in Murmansk.
- 1922 - The Turkish army attacked and defeated the Greek troops in the Battle of Afos.
- 1937 - Japan started war in China.
— 1938 — The head of the NKVD, Yezhov, sent Stalin a list of 138 commanders of the Red Army and Navy to be shot. Stalin and Molotov decided: "Let all 138 people be executed."
- 1948 - Great Britain and the USA signed the conditions for the implementation of the "Marshall Plan" (a plan to help European countries).
- 1957 - The USSR launched the first multi-stage intercontinental ballistic missile.
- 1963 - Skopje earthquake: over a thousand people died.
— 1965 — Independence of the Maldives was announced.
- 1973 - The United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel's actions in the Middle East.
- 1982 - The United States announced that it would not recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1990 - "Lindwurm" ("Dragon") operation: the removal of American chemical weapons from the territory of the FRG began.
- 1993 - Azerbaijani manat became the only national currency in the republic.
— 1994 — Russia and Estonia signed an agreement on mutual border recognition.
- 1995 - representatives of 15 countries of the European Union signed the Convention on the establishment of Europe.
- 1999 - Kargil war ended.

 

👉 BIRTHDAYS:

- 1782 - John Field (1837) - Irish pianist and composer.
— 1791 — Franz Xavier Wolfgang Mozart (1844) — Composer and pianist, son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
— 1856 — George Bernard Shaw (1950) — Irish writer, winner of the Nobel Prize (1925).
— 1885 — Andre Maurois (1967) — French writer, member of the French Academy.
- 1921 - Rahim Akhmedov - master of painting, People's Artist of Uzbekistan.
— 1922 — Tuygunoy Yunuskhojayeva (1998) — announcer, People's Artist of Uzbekistan (1953).
— 1928 — Francesco Cossiga (2010) — Italian politician, President of Italy (1985-1992).
— 1945 — Helen Mirren — Oscar-winning British actress.
— 1949 — Azad Khabibulin — master of monumental painting, People's Artist of Uzbekistan (2004).
— 1955 — Asif Ali Zardari — President of Pakistan (2008-2013).
- 1962 - Sergey Kirienko - Russian statesman and politician.
— 1964 — Sandra Bullock is an American actress, Oscar winner.
- 1967 - Jason Statham is an English actor, known for his negative roles in many action films.
- 1968 - Natalya Biistrova - Russian athlete, 4-time absolute world champion, 3-time "Miss World" in fitness.
- 1968 - Frédéric Diefenthal - French actor.
- 1968 - Olivia Williams - English actress.
- 1988 - Diego Perotti, Argentine football player