Today, July 26, is Parachutist Day and Trade Workers Day. There are 158 days left before the New Year.
July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days left before the end of the year.
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Uncle and Aunt Day.
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Trade Workers Day.
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Parachute Day.
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811 – Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I dies in a battle with the Bulgarians (Bulgarian Khan Krum).
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1309 – Henry VII becomes King of the Holy Roman Empire by recognition of Pope Clement V.
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1708 – by order of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, away from the White Church, Colonel Vasily Kochubey was executed for treason in favor of Peter I.
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1866 – a peace treaty between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia was signed in Nikolsburg.
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1913 – The Austrian government revokes the constitution of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
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1919 – Makhnovists assassinate the head of the Ukrainian army during the civil war, Matvey Grigoriev.
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1941 – The Ukrainian Society for Assistance to the Motherland (later the Society of United Ukrainian Canadians) was founded in Canada.
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1948 – Great Britain and the United States signed the terms for the implementation of the Marshall Plan (a plan to help European countries).
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1971 – the American spacecraft Apollo 15, piloted by astronauts D. Scott, A. Worden and J. Irwin, was launched and landed on the Moon on July 30.
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1995 – representatives of 15 EU countries signed the Convention on the creation of Europol, an organization designed to coordinate the police actions of EU countries in the fight against crime.
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1998 – Circuit City I Good Guys announced a new digital video standard – Digital Video Express (DIVX) as an alternative to the Digital Video Disks (DVD) standard.
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1953 – Sergei Lazo, Ukrainian writer.
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1958 – Galina Pagutyak, Ukrainian writer. Laureate of the Shevchenko Prize for Literature.
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1969 – Devdyuk Taras, Ukrainian poet.
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1967 – Jason Statham, British actor.
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Frogs jumping near ponds mean rain.
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Flies are annoying, biting – it will rain.
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The cat clings to your legs – a good year awaits you.
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Hear the cuckoo singing – autumn will be warm.
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The linden tree has turned yellow – early autumn is coming.
Source: korrespondent
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