July 26 is

One Voice Day

All or Nothing Day

Aunt and Uncle’s Day

Disability Independence Day

World Festivals and National Holidays

Canada – Montréal: Festival Haïti en Folie

Cuba – Día de la Rebeldía

India – Tripura: Ker Puja

Liberia – Independence Day

Maldives – Independence Day

On This Day in HISTORY

1775 – U.S. postal system established with Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General

1847 – Liberia declares its independence

1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, is born

1875 – Carl Jung, pioneer in analytical psychology, is born

1891 – France annexes Tahiti

There’s More! – For Mick Jagger, Purple Rain, and Marilyn Monroe, click

1943 – Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, singer-songwriter, is born

1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport

1947 – National Security Act forms Department of Defense, CIA,  Joints Chiefs of Staff.

1948 – Truman’s executive order desegregates U.S military and federal agencies

1953 – Governor Pyle orders raid on polygamists in Short Creek AZ

1963 – World’s first geosynchronous satellite, Syncom 2, is launched

1971 – NASA launches Apollo 15 from Cape Kennedy, FL

1977 – Quebec’s National Assembly declares French the province’s official language

1984 – Prince’s movie Purple Rain premiered in Hollywood

1990 – The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into law.

1999 – NY Christie’s displays 1,500 of Marilyn Monroe’s personal things for future sale

2002 – The international grassroots peace movement, One Voice, is started