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26 July 2024
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Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
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Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2016 - The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.2016 hate crime in Japan
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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.American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
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2016 - Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.Long-range solar-powered aircraft
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2011 - A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.Aerial warfare branch of the Moroccan Armed Forces
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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.Country in West Africa
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2008 - Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.Terrorist attacks by Mujahideen in Gujarat, India
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2005 - Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
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2005 - Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.Capital of Maharashtra, India
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1999 - Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.1999 conflict between India and Pakistan
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1993 - Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.1993 plane crash in South Korea
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 20.0 days
Sun zodiac
Leo
3.99 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Moon zodiac
Aries
12.65 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.