On this day: July 26
POSTED: 03:47 PM PDT Jul 25, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 25, 2012
The Inca civilization suffers a blow, the Postal Service, the FBI and the CIA are born, The Babe makes his last public appearance and the space shuttle returns to space, all on this day.
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1953: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement. Castro, seen here after his arrest, was eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison for the uprising, but was released in May 1955.
