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Friday, 26 July 2024

2008

56 people were killed and over 200 people were injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India.

2005

Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of ''Discovery'', NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the ''Columbia'' Disaster in 2003.

Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.

1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.

1989

A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

1977

The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government. thumb launch on July 26, 2005.]]

1975

Formation of a military triumvirate in Portugal.

1974

Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.

1971

Apollo Program: launch of ''Apollo 15''.

1968

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzũ is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.

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