Thursday, July 26, 2018

On This Day in History

July 26, 2018

 Historical Events

657  Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River
1519  Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America
1803  The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London
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)
1945  Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII
1953  Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, intended to spark a revolution in Cuba
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