On this day in history
July 26
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- 1833 CEEgyptian · born
Alexander Henry Rhind, whose purchase preserved the ancient Egyptian mathematical papyrus that carries his name, was born in Wick, Scotland.
- 1915 CEHindu · born
K. Pattabhi Jois, the Mysore teacher who systematized and popularized Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, was born in Kowshika, Karnataka.
- 1988 CEIslamic · died
Fazlur Rahman Malik, a Pakistani-American scholar of Islamic thought at the University of Chicago known for his work on ijtihad, died in Chicago.
- 2002 CEBuddhist · died
Kōbun Chino Otogawa, a Japanese Sōtō Zen priest who helped establish Zen practice centers in the United States and Europe, died in Switzerland.
- 1875 CEScience · born
Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology and introduced ideas such as psychological types and the collective unconscious, was born on 26 July 1875 in Kesswil.
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