TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: JULY 26
657 Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River
1529 Francisco Pizarro receives a royal warrant to “discover and conquer” Peru.
1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Sapa Inca Emperor, Atahualpa
1775 The Continental Congress establishes a postal system for the colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.
1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1790 An attempt at a counter-revolution in France is put down by the National Guard at Lyons.
1830 King Charles X of France issues five ordinances limiting the political and civil rights of citizens.
1847 Liberia becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.
1908 United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
1920 The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified.
1945 Potsdam Declaration is signed. The declaration signed by the US, UK and China, detailed the terms of surrender for Japan after World War II. https://www.britannica.com/event/Potsdam-Conference
1947 President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1948 In an Executive Order, President Harry Truman calls for the end of discrimination and segregation in the U.S. armed forces.
1953 Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, intended to spark a revolution in Cuba
1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy
1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain
1971 Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy, FL.
1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is signed into law. The law banned discrimination based on disability.
1991 Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater
2005 The shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-114, marking a return to space after the shuttle Columbia crash of 2003.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
