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Today is Sunday, July 26, the 207th day of 2026. There are 158 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

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Today in History:<\/h4>\n

On July 26, 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1775, the Continental Congress established an independent postal system and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster General.<\/p>\n

In 1847, the western African country of Liberia, founded by freed American slaves, declared its independence.<\/p>\n

In 1863, Sam Houston, former president of the Republic of Texas, died in Huntsville at age 70.<\/p>\n

In 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Britain\u2019s prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party. Clement Attlee succeeded him.<\/p>\n

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, which reorganized America\u2019s armed forces as the National Military Establishment and created the Central Intelligence Agency.<\/p>\n

In 1948, President Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

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In 1953, Fidel Castro began his revolt against Fulgencio Batista (fool-HEN\u2019-see-oh bah-TEES\u2019-tah) with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba. (Castro ousted Batista in 1959.)<\/p>\n

In 1971, Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy on America\u2019s fourth successful manned mission to the moon.<\/p>\n

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the Republican-led House voted to create the Homeland Security Department in the biggest government reorganization in decades.<\/p>\n

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In 2018, the last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed for a series of crimes in the 1990s, including a gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people. Previously, seven other cult members were executed on July 6 of that year.<\/p>\n

In 2020, a procession with the casket of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, where Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten 55 years earlier.<\/p>\n

Read more Rohnert Park fire damages apartment<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is 87.<\/li>\n
  • Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly is 87.<\/li>\n
  • Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love is 85.<\/li>\n
  • The Rolling Stones\u2019 Mick Jagger is 83.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Helen Mirren is 81.<\/li>\n
  • Rock musician Roger Taylor (Queen) is 77.<\/li>\n
  • Olympic gold medal figure skater Dorothy Hamill is 70.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Kevin Spacey is 67.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Sandra Bullock is 62.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Jeremy Piven is 61.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Jason Statham is 59.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Olivia Williams is 58.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Kate Beckinsale is 53.<\/li>\n
  • Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is 46.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Juliet Rylance is 47.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Monica Raymund is 40.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Francia Raisa is 38.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-singer Taylor Momsen is 33.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Elizabeth Gillies is 33.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Thomasin McKenzie is 26.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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