1952 – General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.1945 – The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.1943 – World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.1943 – The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.1942 – Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.1942 – World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 1940 – The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S.1936 – In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.1927 – The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.1921 – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is established at the founding National Congress.1919 – Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana.Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.