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# Today in History
- URL: https://goodoil.news/today-in-history-154/
- Published: 2019-07-25T18:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-25T21:40:11.000Z
- Author: Nige Fairweather
- Tags: NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

Content by F T.Bear

Good morning! Rise and shine!

Today in history is a place for you early risers to exercise your brains as you wait for the day to begin. Please, by all means, bring your own bits of history to the comments section and add your memories of what YOU did on this day however many years ago.

The beauty of an early morning historical post is that the date can mean the event happened today “our time” or today “other side of the world” time.

From the life and death of Plato through to the latest most recent history as it happens, we intend on bringing you stimulating and educational historical knowledge.

**July 26**

1863: Approximately 25 gold miners die on the Arrow diggings, north  
east of Queenstown, after a series of flash floods and slips caused by  
24 hours of heavy rain.  
This was part of a brutal winter that claimed the lives of over 100  
miners who were drowned died of exposure or were buried in mud  
slides.

1865: The New Zealand Parliament moves to Wellington. The move had  
been debated for many years, and many towns had come under  
consideration, including Wanganui, Picton, Nelson and Havelock.  
Eventually, an independent commission chose the new capital.

1956: Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. The canal, completed in  
1869, had largely been controlled by the French and British. It was  
nationalized by President Nassar who wanted to charge for its use to  
raise funds to build his dam on the Nile. In response, Israel, Britain,  
and France invaded the area and remained until 1957 when Egypt again  
took control.

1945: Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister, just weeks before  
the end of World War II. In the first elections in a decade, his party  
is defeated by Clement Atlee’s Labour Party.