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1620

1882

Standard Oil, later known as Exxon Mobile is founded in New Jersey, United States.

1895

Philosopher, historian and revolutionary socialist Friedrich Engels dies at the age of 74.

1940

1960

1962

1973

1974

Release of the "Smoking-gun Tape", marking the culmination of Nixon's Watergate scandal.

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+'''1620'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1620|month=07|day=26|event=The [[Mayflower]] departs from [[Southampton]], [[England]].}}
+'''1882'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1882|month=07|day=26|event=[[Standard Oil]], later known as Exxon Mobile is founded in [[State of New Jersey|New Jersey]], [[United States]].}}
 '''1895'''
-{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1895|month=08|day=05|event=Death of [[Friedrich Engels]]}}
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1895|month=08|day=05|event=[[Philosophy|Philosopher]], historian and revolutionary [[Socialism|socialist]] [[Friedrich Engels]] dies at the age of 74.}}
+'''1940'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1940|month=07|day=26|event=The [[USSR]] liberates [[Latvia]] from [[Nazism]].}}
+'''1960'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1960|month=07|day=26|event=[[Upper Volta]], now known as [[Burkina Faso]], declares independence from [[France]].}}
+'''1962'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1962|month=07|day=26|event=Socialist and anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Nelson Mandela]] is jailed until 1990}}
+'''1973'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1973|month=07|day=26|event=The USSR launches the spacecraft [[Mars 6]].}}
+'''1974'''
+{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1974|month=07|day=26|event=Release of the "[[Smoking-gun Tape]]", marking the culmination of [[Nixon|Nixon's ]] [[Watergate scandal]].}}