July 26

Wednesday 26, 1989:

A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Monday 26, 1971:

Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15.

Sunday 26, 1908:

United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

Saturday 26, 1788:

New York ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 11th state of the United States.

Wednesday 26, 1139:

Afonso, then a count, is proclaimed first king of Portugal and declares independence from Castile