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1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti– polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid. 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched. 1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day. March 10: Harriet Tubman Day. March 19: National Day of Honor [5] March 25: Greek Independence Day [6] March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day [7] [8] March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day.
July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 158 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 657 – ...
July 26: Auntie's Day, National All or Nothing Day, ... Clean Beaches Week (July 1 — 7) Be Nice to New Jersey Week (July 7 — 13) Everybody Deserves a Massage Week (July 14 — 20)
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President Barack Obama awarded 118 medals, the most of any president, followed by President Bill Clinton with 89 medal recipients. [4] Two people, Ellsworth Bunker and Colin Powell, are two-time recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Colin Powell received his second award with Distinction, [5] while Ellsworth Bunker was given both of ...
July 26: Independence Day in Liberia ( 1847) and the Maldives ( 1965 ) Flag of Stellaland. 1778 – On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia. 1882 – Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in ...
After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day of the week, but also gradually displaced Saturday as the day of celebration and rest, being considered the Lord's Day. Saint Martin of Dumio (c. 520–580), archbishop of Braga , decided not to call days by pagan gods and to use ecclesiastic terminology to ...