Religious Observances on July 26

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abdullah Dahlawi (ق)

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On This Day in History — July 26

• 2016 — The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. 19 people are killed.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2008 — Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
• 2005 — Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• 2005 — Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.

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Notable Births on July 26

• 1996 — Olivia Breen, British sprinter
• 1994 — Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
• 1993 — Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 — Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
• 1991 — Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 — Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer

Notable Deaths on July 26

• 2017 — June Foray, American voice actress (b. 1917)
• 2017 — Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (b. 1943)
• 2017 — Ronald Phillips, American criminal (b. 1973)
• 2015 — Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)

On This Day in History — July 27

• 2015 — At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
• 2005 — After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
• 2002 — Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• 1997 — About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
• 1996 — In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• 1995 — The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..

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Notable Births on July 27

• 2001 — Shin Ki-joon, South Korean actor
• 1993 — Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Max Power, English footballer
• 1993 — Jordan Spieth, American golfer
• 1991 — Rena Matsui, Japanese actress and singer
• 1990 — Nick Hogan, American race car driver and actor

Notable Deaths on July 27

• 2017 — Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b.1943)
• 2016 — Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b.1928)
• 2016 — James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1943)
• 2016 — Jerry Doyle, American actor and talk show host (b. 1956)
• 2016 — Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence (1963-67), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967-71) (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)