July 26 in history: • 1759 – French and Indian War: Troops led by French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque attempted to blow up Fort Carillon, near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, rather than defending it against approaching British forces. → go there • 1882 – Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland. → go there • 1953 – The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the Korean War, ended a few hours before the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. → go there • 1968 – After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions. → go there • 2012 – The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups. → go there Born 1856: George Bernard Shaw Wiki link Died 1926: Robert Todd Lincoln Wiki link Born 1967: Jason Statham Wiki link Died 2021: Mike Enzi Wiki link Pictured: Flag of Stellaland.