THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 26
July 26 in history
What happened on July 26: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1952 and 1985, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Kenyatta’s Nyeri speech
26 Jul 1952 — At Ruring’u, Kenyatta tells a huge crowd that the Kenya African Union is not Mau Mau. The same words carry different meanings to his listeners: officials hear evasion, while militants, many present in the crowd, hear a leader who will not break with them.
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— World Conference on Women, Nairobi
15–26 Jul 1985 — In Kenya, the conference closing the UN Decade for Women adopts the Forward-Looking Strategies by consensus. A parallel NGO Forum draws between 12,000 and 15,000 people, most from the Global South.
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