TODAY IN HISTORY

On July 26, 1847, the western African country of Liberia, founded by freed American slaves, declared its independence.

In 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Britain’s prime

minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party; Clement Attlee succeeded him.

In 1953, Fidel Castro began his revolt against Fulgencio Batista. (Castro ousted Batista in 1959.)

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In 2002, the Republicanled House voted, 295-132, to create an enormous Homeland Security Department in the biggest government reorganization in decades.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.