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{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1620|month=07|day=26|event=The [[Mayflower]] departs from [[Southampton]], [[England]].}} | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1620|month=07|day=26|event=The [[Mayflower]] departs from [[Southampton]], [[England]].}} | ||
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{{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]].}} | {{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]].}} | ||
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{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1962|month=07|day=26|event=Socialist and anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Nelson Mandela]] is jailed until 1990}} | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1962|month=07|day=26|event=Socialist and anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Nelson Mandela]] is jailed until 1990.}} | ||
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Revision as of 22:03, 16 July 2024
1620
- The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England.
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
- Upper Volta, now known as Burkina Faso, declares independence from France.
1962
- Socialist and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is jailed until 1990.
1973
- The USSR launches the spacecraft Mars 6.
1974
- Release of the "Smoking-gun Tape", marking the culmination of Nixon's Watergate scandal.