WHAT HAPPENED ON 26. JULY
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In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation. (26. July 1890)

France annexes Tahiti. (26. July 1891)

Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India. (26. July 1897)

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). (26. July 1908)

Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship. (26. July 1914)

The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War. (26. July 1936)

King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. (26. July 1936)

End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War. (26. July 1937)

World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States. (26. July 1941)

World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation. (26. July 1944)

The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom. (26. July 1944)

The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. (26. July 1945)

The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany. (26. July 1945)

HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the Second World War (26. July 1945)

The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb. (26. July 1945)

Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport (26. July 1946)

Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. (26. July 1947)

U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States. (26. July 1948)

Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom. (26. July 1951)

King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. (26. July 1952)