July 26: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1775A postal service was established in America, and Benjamin Franklin became its first postmaster general.
2. 1847Liberia in West Africa declared independence; it is considered Africa's oldest republic.
3. 1887L. L. Zamenhof published the first book introducing the international constructed language Esperanto.
4. 1918Mathematician Emmy Noether presented her famous theorem explaining conservation laws in physics.
5. 1963Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite, was launched.

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