Today is Friday, July 26, the 208th day of 2024. There are 158 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. Also on this date: In 1775, the Continental Congress established a Post Office and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster-General. In 1847, the western African country of Liberia, founded by freed American slaves, declared its independence. In 1863, Sam Houston, former president of the Republic of Texas, died in Huntsville at age 70. In 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Britain’s prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party.

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