Berlin. The current calendar page for Tuesday, July 26, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.
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Calendar sheet: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
- 30th calendar week, 207th day of the year, 158 days until the end of the year
- Astrological sign Leo
- Name day: Anna, Christiane, Gloria, Joachim
History: What happened on July 26th?
2017 – A German Tiger attack helicopter crashes in the north of the African state of Mali. Two Bundeswehr soldiers are killed. Apparently there were material problems.
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2007 – The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) sets limits on the use of undercover police officers. In principle, their use is permissible. However, this should not undermine fundamental rights of an accused.
2002 – The Green politician Cem Özdemir announces his withdrawal from federal politics. The reason is the cheap loan from a PR consultant and privately used bonus miles.
1957 – Walter Janka, communist and former head of the East Berlin publishing house, is sentenced to five years in prison in the GDR for forming a “counter-revolutionary group”. Janka had already been imprisoned in concentration camps and prisons under the National Socialists.
1947 – On the initiative of US President Harry S. Truman, the secret service “Central Intelligence Agency” (CIA) is founded.
1932 – The German navy training ship “Niobe” capsizes in a gust of wind near the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn. 69 midshipmen, sailors and officers drown, 40 people are saved.
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1887 – The Polish ophthalmologist Ludwik Zamenhof uses the pseudonym “Dr. Esperanto” (The Hopeful) the first textbook for his artificial language.
1882 – Richard Wagner’s opera “Parsifal” premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
1847 – In West Africa, the Republic of Liberia is proclaimed by freed American slaves. It is the first independent republic on the African continent.
Celebrity Birthdays: Who Was Born On July 26th?
1977 – Tanja Szewczenko (45), German figure skater and actress (“Everything that counts”)
1952 – Heiner Brand (70), German handball coach, national coach 1997-2011, world champion 2007
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1942 – Hannelore Elsner, German actress (“The Untouchables”, ARD crime series “The Commissioner”), died 2019
1937 – Bodo Harenberg (85), German journalist and publisher, publisher of the “Chronik” edition with vintage and topic volumes, publisher of the specialist magazine “Buchreport”
1922 – Blake Edwards, American director (“Victor/Victoria”, “The Pink Panther”), died 2010
Celebrities Death Days: Who Died on July 26th?
2017 – Constantin Freiherr Heereman, German politician, President of the German Farmers’ Association 1969-1997, born 1931
1952 – Evita Perón, Argentine politician and actress, played an influential role in Argentine politics as the wife of President Juan Perón, her life provided the material for the musical “Evita” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, born 1919
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