July 26 - Splash

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This Day In History

1775

The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.

1803

The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, England, Great Britain.

1882

Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.

1887

Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.

1951

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

1963

Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.

1971

Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.

Famous Birthdays

1739

George Clinton, American politician (d. 1812)

1856

George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)

1894

Aldous Huxley, English-born author (d. 1963)

1895

Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)

1922

Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)

1923

Jan Berenstain, American author

1928

Stanley Kubrick, American director (d. 1999)

1943

Mick Jagger, English singer

1945

Helen Mirren, English actress

1949

Roger Taylor, English drummer and vocalist (Queen)
1954
Lawrence Watt-Evans, American science fiction & fantasy author

1956

Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater

1957

Nana Visitor, American actress
1959
Kevin Spacey, American actor
1965
Jeremy Piven, American actor
1968
Olivia Williams, English actress
1973
Kate Beckinsale, English actress