Historical Event on July 26

Remembrance on July 26

International Event:

1499 - Alonso dhe Ojeda discovered Curacao Island.

1775 - First Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania appointed.

1803 - World's first public railway opened in south London.

1835 - First sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.

1847 - First miniature train build by Moses Garrish Farmer.

1847 - Liberia got independence from the American Colonization Society.

1848 - First Woman's Rights Convention held in New York.

1865 - Patrick Francis Healy is the first black awarded Ph.D.

1915 - International School for Wijsbegeerte formed.

1938 - First radio broadcast of ""Young Widder Brown"" on NBC.

1947 - Department of Defense formed.

1947 - National Security Act established.

1957 - First intercontinental multistage ballistic missile launched by U.S.S.R.

1963 - First geosynchronous communications satellite U.S. Syncom 2 launched.

1965 - Republic of Maldives got independence from Britain.

1974 - First civil government formed in Greek by Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis.

1993 - First photo of Mars taken from 5 billion km.

Days Observed on July 26:

Independence Day - Liberia and Maldives

Kargil Victory Day - India