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