Saint John wind farm undercuts N.B. Power

Saint John wind farm undercuts N.B. Power electricity prices by more than half

On this day July 26

1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is signed into law

The law banned discrimination based on disability.
1965 Independence of Maldives

The Indian Ocean Island nation gained independence after 78 years of British rule.
1963 Syncom 2, the world’s first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched

Part of NASA’s Syncom program, it was responsible for transmitting the first TV signal from a geosynchronous satellite, a manmade satellite whose orbital period around the Earth matches the Earth’s rotation.
1945 Potsdam Declaration is signed

Also known as the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, the declaration signed by the US, UK and China, detailed the terms of surrender for Japan after World War II.
1847 The country of Liberia is founded

This west African state was founded primarily by freed slaves from the United States. The Liberian constitution was based on the US’s constitution and the capital, Monrovia, is named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.

2007 India gets its first female president

Pratibha Patil, a politician stayed in office as the head of state of the South Asian country for 5 years.
1984 Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the First Woman to Walk in Space

The Soviet cosmonaut was part of the Soyuz T-12 mission, which docked at the Salyut 7 Space station. As part of the mission, she spent 3.5 hours in space testing tools. Savitskaya was also the second woman to go into space and the first to go to space twice.
1978 World’s first test tube baby is born

Louise Joy Brown was the first person to be conceived using in-vitro fertilization or IVF technology, pioneered by doctors Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
1976 The famous Face on Mars photo is taken

Viking 1, the first space probe to successfully land on Mars took the famous photo of the Cydonia region on the Red Planet.
1956 Tunisia gains its independence from France

The northernmost African country, became a French protectorate in 1881, under the Treaty of Bardo. The path to independence in the country was marred by civil unrest and conflict and was led by Habib Bourguiba, who became the first president of the independent country.