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Khabor Wala Desk
Published: 26th July 2025, 12:26 PM
As time progresses, each day brings forth events that become etched into the pages of history. These moments serve as our roots and often ignite new hopes for the future.
Here is a glimpse at the key historical events, notable births, and significant deaths that occurred on 26 July throughout the years:
Historical Events
| Year | Event Description |
| 1847 | Liberia gains independence from the United States. |
| 1856 | Due to the efforts of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Hindu widows in British India are legally permitted to remarry under the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856. |
| 1876 | Indian Association (Bharat Sabha) is established in Kolkata by Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose. |
| 1908 | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is founded in the United States. |
| 1953 | Fidel Castro launches a revolution against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba. |
| 1956 | Egypt nationalises the Suez Canal, asserting control over the strategic waterway. |
| 1965 | The Maldives gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1991 | The Communist Party of the Soviet Union decides to abandon Marxism-Leninism as its guiding ideology. |
Notable Births
| Year | Name | Description |
| 1842 | Berthold Delbrück | German linguist |
| 1856 | George Bernard Shaw | Irish playwright |
| 1858 | Tom Garrett | Australian cricketer |
| 1865 | Rajanikanta Sen | Bengali poet and composer |
| 1888 | Reginald Hands | South African cricketer |
| 1894 | Aldous Huxley | English novelist and philosopher |
| 1904 | Malati Choudhury | Indian social activist and Sarvodaya leader |
| 1908 | Salvador Allende | President of Chile |
| 1922 | Jason Robards | American actor (stage, film, and television) |
| 1927 | Gulabrai Ramchand | Indian cricketer |
| 1928 | Stanley Kubrick | American film director and producer Bernice Rubens – British (Welsh-born) author |
| 1942 | Alfred Marshall | Influential 19th-century British economist |
| 1945 | Helen Mirren | British actress |
| 1947 | Fakhrul Hasan Bairagi | Renowned Bangladeshi film director, producer, and actor |
| 1949 | Thaksin Shinawatra | Thai politician and former Prime Minister |
| 1950 | Paul S. Simor | American computer scientist |
| 1955 | Asif Ali Zardari | 14th President of Pakistan |
| 1964 | Sandra Bullock | German-American actress, producer, and philanthropist |
| 1965 | Jeremy Piven | American actor and producer |
| 1967 | Jason Statham | British actor |
| 1971 | Khaled Mahmud Sujon | Former Bangladeshi cricketer and coach |
| 1973 | Kate Beckinsale | British actress |
| 1980 | Jacinda Ardern | New Zealand politician, former Prime Minister |
| 1985 | Gaël Clichy | French footballer |
| 1989 | Ivian Sarcos | Miss World 2011 from Venezuela |
Notable Deaths
| Year | Name | Description |
| 1533 | Atahualpa | The 13th and last sovereign emperor of the Inca Empire |
| 1915 | James Henry Murray | British lexicographer |
| 1925 | Gottlob Frege | German mathematician and logician |
| 1934 | Winsor McCay | American cartoonist and animator |
| 1941 | Benjamin Lee Whorf | American linguist |
| 1952 | Eva Perón | Second wife of Argentine dictator Juan Perón |
| 1956 | Mohitlal Majumdar | Bengali poet |
| 1957 | Carlos Castillo Armas | Guatemalan military officer and politician |
| 1980 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Last Shah (King) of Iran |
| 1987 | Chinmoy Chattopadhyay | Indian Bengali Rabindra Sangeet artist |
| 1988 | Fazlur Rahman Malik | Renowned Islamic scholar |
| 2000 | John Tukey | American statistician and data analyst |
| 2013 | Song Jaegyu | South Korean feminist critic and liberal figure |
| 2020 | Bijoya Mukhopadhyay – Indian Bengali poet William English – Co-inventor of the computer mouse |
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| 2022 | Dr. Sushovan Banerjee | Known as the “One Rupee Doctor”, honoured with Padma Shri |
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