26 July 1126

A Monday in history

Weekday

Monday

Season

Summer (N. Hemisphere)

Century

12th century

Records

407

  1. 2016

    Hillary Clinton (pictured) became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

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  2. 2012

    The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.

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  3. 2007

    After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.

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  4. 1993

    Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 people on board.

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  5. 1968

    After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.

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  6. 1953

    In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.

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  7. 1953

    The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the Korean War, ended a few hours before the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

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  8. 1936

    The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.

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  9. 1887

    L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.

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  10. 1882

    Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.

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  11. 1778

    On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia.

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  12. 1759

    French and Indian War: Troops led by French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque attempted to blow up Fort Carillon, near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, rather than defending it against approaching British forces.

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  13. 1551

    The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Castello of Gozo to the Ottoman Empire following a brief siege, leading to the mass enslavement and dispersal of the Gozitan population.

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Photo archive

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What was life like?

Prices, jobs, food, music and everyday routine — the world as it felt to live in.

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