Today in History
26 July
221 births · 103 deaths · 73 events recorded
Notable Births
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Thomasin McKenzie
b. 2000
New Zealand actress (born 2000)
Olivia Breen
b. 1996
Welsh Paralympic athlete
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
b. 1993
NZ & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Taylor Momsen
b. 1993
American musician and actress (born 1993)
Chris Harrison
b. 1971
American television personality
Frédéric Diefenthal
b. 1968
French actor and director (born 1968)
Lars Hanson
b. 1886
Swedish film and stage actor
Rajanikanta Sen
b. 1865
Bengali poet and composer (1865–1910)
Notable Deaths
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Tom Lehrer
d. 2025
American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)
Sinéad O'Connor
d. 2023
Irish singer (1966–2023)
Joey Jordison
d. 2021
American musician (1975–2021)
Olivia de Havilland
d. 2020
British actress (1916–2020)
Eva Perón
d. 1952
Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
Fred Duesenberg
d. 1932
American automobile designer (1876–1932)
Gottlob Frege
d. 1925
German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)
Otto of Greece
d. 1867
King of Greece from 1832 to 1862
On This Day in History
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2016
The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
Sagamihara stabbings
2016
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.
Hillary Clinton
2016
Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
Solar Impulse
2011
A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.
Royal Moroccan Air Force
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.
Nigeria
2008
Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
2008 Ahmedabad bombings
2005
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
Space Shuttle program
2005
Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
Mumbai