26 July

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 26 July:

1. This date in 1856 saw the birth of George Bernard Shaw, who wrote over 60 plays, including Candida, Pygmalion and Saint Joan. He won the 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature. He said, “If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they still wouldn't reach a conclusion.”
2. Born this date in 1875 was Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist, Carl Jung. He emphasised understanding the mind using Dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy. He studied alchemy, astrology, sociology, as well as literature and the arts. His most notable ideas include the concept of archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity.
3. In 1989, Leslie Merry, 56, was killed by a Turnip thrown from a passing car in London. The vegetable knocked Merry off his feet, broke one of his ribs and ruptured his spleen; though it was respiratory failure brought on by the accident which caused his death.
4. In 1847, Liberia declared independence from the American Colonisation Society and became a republic, Africa's first sovereign, black-ruled democratic nation.
5. In 2018, a team of Russian scientists in collaboration with Princeton University announced that they had brought two female nematodes back to life after being frozen in permafrost from around 42,000 years ago. The two nematodes the oldest confirmed living animals on the planet.
6. The first book in Esperanto was published on this date in 1887. Esperanto is a language invented by Polish Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, intended for use between people who speak different native languages. Zamenhof created it with the purpose of promoting peace and understanding among cultures.
7. In 1969, scientists got their first look at the rocks brought back from the Moon – but were not allowed to touch them.
8. In 1745, the first recorded women's Cricket match was played near Guildford, between teams from Hambledon and Bramley.
9. The Disestablishment Bill was passed on this date in 1869, officially dissolving the Church of Ireland. The organised opposition to this legislation had coined one of longest words in the English language: antidisestablishmentarianism.
10. In 1995, the eternal flame honouring those killed in World War II went out in the Russian town of Taganrog because the town had not paid its gas bill.

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