On This Day — July 26

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on July 26.

• 2016: The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
• 2016: Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
• 2016: Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
• 2011: A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.
• 2009: The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.

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