WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023

1775 ― Benjamin Franklin becomes first Postmaster General

1788 ― New York becomes 11th state to ratify U.S. Constitution

1790 ― U.S. passes Assumption Bill making government responsible for state debts

1835 ― First sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii

1847 ― Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society

1887 ― First Esperanto book published

1947 ― U.S. Department of Defense established

1947 ― CIA established under U.S. National Security Act

1965 ― Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)

1991 ― Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing

himself at an adult movie theater