On This Day June 26th

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July 26th is the two-hundredth-fifth day of the year, and there are 158 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1579 – Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a major bay on the coast of California (San Francisco).

1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.

1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.

1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.

1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.

1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

1945 – World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.

1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.

2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.

 

Birthdays

1711 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (d. 1778)

1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1844)

1841 – Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1882)

1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)

1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)

1894 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (d. 1963)

1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (d. 1979)

1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1999)

1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor.

1965 – Jim Lindberg, American singer and guitarist.

 

Highlighted Holiday

WORLD MANGROVE DAY

 Did you know that World Mangrove Day is celebrated on July 26 to raise awareness about the importance of mangrove ecosystems? This day promotes the conservation and sustainable growth of mangrove forests.

Mangrove forests, with their unique and vital role in the environment, play a crucial part in supporting rich biodiversity. The tangled roots of these forests act as a nursery for many organisms, protecting them from predators, extreme heat, and strong tides. They also help in removing five times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than terrestrial forests.

However, the urgency of the situation cannot be overstated. Over the past 40 years, the area covered by mangrove forests has almost halved, mainly due to shrimp farming. Large portions of the forests are uprooted to create closed ponds for breeding shrimp, leading to significant ecological damage.

Wood from mangrove forests is highly valuable and is often used for charcoal production, leading to severe deforestation. Additionally, rivers are sometimes diverted for various purposes, disrupting the mangrove habitat.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Americans With Disabilities Day

Armed Forces Unification Day

Aunts and Uncles Day

Bagelfest Day

Holistic Therapy Day

Lumberjack Day  

National All or Nothing Day

National Coffee Milkshake Day

National Get Gnarly Day  

National Talk in an Elevator Day

One Voice Day

System Administrator Appreciation Day

World Tofu Day

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