What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
07/26/1856	George Bernard Shaw, dramatist (Pygmalion) (Nobel 1925) in Dublin
07/26/1875	Carl Jung, founded analytic psychology.
07/26/1894	Aldous Huxley, author (Brave New World).
07/26/1928	Stanley Kubrick, director (2001, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange)
07/26/1943	Mick Jagger, never gathers moss
EVENTS
07/26/	Delta Aquarid meteor shower, radiant in Aquarius.
07/26/	The start of the Black-Eyed Peas Jamboree in Athens, Texas
07/26/	Independence Day, celebrated in Liberia.
07/26/1775	Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster General.
07/26/1847	Liberia gains its independence.
07/26/1887	first book published in Esperanto. Not a hit.
07/26/1908	Federal Bureau of Investigation established
07/26/1947	Department of Defense established
07/26/1953	Fidel Castro begins revolution against Batista
07/26/1953	Korean War Armistice is signed.
07/26/1956	Egypt seizes the Suez Canal
07/26/1957	USSR launchs 1st intercontinental multi-stage ballistic missle.
07/26/1963	US launches Syncom 2, the first geosynchronous satellite
07/26/1965	Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day).
07/26/1971	US launches Apollo 15 to the Moon
07/26/1982	Canada's Anik D1 comsat launched by US delta rocket.

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