Historical Events for 26th July 2023

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1822 - Secret meeting of Simón Bolívar and Jose de San Martin
1897 - 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
1944 - Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
1944 - Soviet troops arrive in Weichsel
1950 - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
1957 - USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
1963 - Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+
1977 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
2018 - Sir Paul McCartney performs a "secret" gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began

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