JULY 26
1952:King Farouk of Egypt abdicates, as the Free Officers Movement seeks to turn the country into a republic. Farouk's infant son, King Fuad II, is nominally named as his successor, but the monarchy is soon toppled by a military coup d'etat led by Gamal Abdel Nasser and Muhammad Naguib.
1908: Attorney General Charles Bonaparte orders 10 former Secret Service employees turned federal investigators to report to the Justice Department's Office of the Chief Examiner, later known as the Bureau of Investigation and, ultimately, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1990: President George H.W. Bush takes a major step toward safeguarding the rights of the disabled by signing the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. The civil rights legislation prohibits discrimination against individuals based on physical or mental handicaps.
1803:In south London the Surrey Iron Railway is opened
1990:Longest running American soap opera, "General Hospital," records 7,000th episode.
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