THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007

Today is Thursday, July 26, the 206th day of 2007. There are 159 days left in the year.

1775 . Benjamin Franklin becomes 1st Postmaster General

1788 . New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution

1847 . Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society

1908 . Federal Bureau of Investigation established

1926 . National Bar Association incorporates

1945 . Churchill resigns as Britain’s PM

1947 . Department of Defense established

1953 . Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban revolution

1956 . Egypt seizes Suez Canal

1957 . USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile

1971 . Apollo 15 launched to the Moon

1990 . General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode