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2018

More than 700 immigrant children remain separated from their parents in the United States, even though the court-imposed deadline for reuniting them has passed.

2005

Space Shuttle Program: Launch of Discovery, NASA’s first scheduled flight mission following the Columbia disaster in 2003.

1993

The Mars Observer probe takes the first photos of Mars, more than 5 billion km from Earth.

1992

Nolan Ryan retired his 100th batter for the 23rd consecutive season.

1984

Baseball player Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos tied Ty Cobb’s record of 3,052 career hits.

1971

Apollo 15 blasts off for the Moon with the Lunar Roving Vehicle on board.

1953

Fidel Castro attacks Fulgencio Batista’s barracks in an attempt to overthrow him in Cuba. He succeeds six years later.

1951

Walt Disney releases his 13th animated film, “Alice in Wonderland.” The premiere takes place in London.

1945

Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of England following an election defeat.

1758

General James Wolfe’s fleet captures Louisbourg (Cape Breton).

1615

The first mission is established in Trois-Rivières.

It happened on… July 26

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