Today is Friday, July 26, the 207th day of 2013. There are 158 days left in the year.
1848 ― First Woman’s Rights Convention (Senecca Falls, N.Y.)
1887 ― First Esperanto book published
1908 ― Federal Bureau of Investigation established
1945 ― Winston Churchill resigns as Britain’s P.M.
1953 ― Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban revolution
1956 ― Egypt seizes Suez Canal
1957 ― USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
1981 ― Two climbers rappel 550 meters down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
1990 ― General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
1991 ― Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater