How Many Days Until July 26?

This day in history: July 26

1. 1953

   In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.

2. 1953

   The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the Korean War, ended a few hours before the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

3. 1968

   After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.

4. 1993

   Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 people on board.

5. 2007

   After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.

6. 2012

   The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.

7. 2016

   Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

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