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Sunday, July 26, 1998
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We must keep it a place where people can walk the halls of government, and we must never take for granted the values for which it stands or the price of preserving them.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton on the nation's Capitol
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- Landmark general elections are to be held in Cambodia.
- The annual induction ceremony into the Baseball Hall of Fame is scheduled in Cooperstown, New York.
- Monday, July 27, is the two-year anniversary of a bomb exploding in Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Games.
- On Tuesday, July 28, a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of Gerber Baby food is scheduled in New York with Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber Baby, attending.
- On Wednesday, July 29, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is scheduled to visit Papua New Guinea to offer support as the South Pacific country tries to recover from a devastating a tidal wave.
- On Thursday, July 30, the Romance Writers of America are scheduled to begin their national convention in Los Angeles.
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Learn more about the U.S. Capitol building by taking a virtual tour.
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- Rock legend Mick Jagger is 55.
- Actor Kevin Spacey ("The Usual Suspects") is 39.
- Producer-writer-director Blake Edwards ("The Pink Panther") is 76.
- Actress Susan George ("Straw Dogs") is 48.
- Actor Jason Robards ("All the President's Men") is 76.
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In 1788, New York State ratified the new constitution and became the 11th state of the Union.
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In 1847, Liberia became the first independent republic in Africa.
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In 1858, Lionel Rothschild became the first Jewish member to take his seat in the British House of Commons.
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In 1882, Wagner's opera "Parsifal" was first performed, at Bayreuth, western Germany.
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In 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was created and referred to as Office of the Chief Examiner. It became the FBI in 1935.
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In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed General Douglas MacArthur as Commander of U.S. Forces in the Far East.
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In 1952, King Farouk of Egypt abdicated and was ordered to leave the country, three days after a coup led by General Neguib.
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In 1953, Fidel Castro led a failed assault on the Moncada military barracks near Santiago de Cuba in the fight against dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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In 1956, under President Nasser, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal.
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In 1965, the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean became independent, having been a British protectorate since 1887.
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In 1993, a draft of South Africa's first post-apartheid constitution was presented to democracy negotiators.
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