Page 7: Historical Events In July - 21
Friday, 26 June 2026
1978 US Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 

1978 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m. 

1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2585 Irpedina and #3298 

1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated. 

1979 Ludwig Renn, writer, dies at 90. 

1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs the Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins. 

1982 Dave Garroway TV host (Today Show), dies at 69. 

1983 Authorities end Martial Law in Poland 

1983 Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law 

1983 Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park 

1983 US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 

1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s. 

1984 Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34. 

1985 Mickey Shaughnessy actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 

1985 South African government declares State of Emergency. 

1985 Vicki Vola actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney). 

1986 Pleasure Island plans unveiled 

1986 Virginia Hewitt actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60. 

1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed. 

1987 Navy escorts inaugural Earnest Will Convoy in the Persian Gulf 

1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) 

1989 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors. 

1989 In this year, Greg LeMond (US) claims Tour de France in quickest time. 

1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Carl "the Truth" Williams in 1 33 of inaugural round. 

1990 Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash. 

1990 Pink Floyds' "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood 

1990 Rock concert in East Berlin, celebrating the removal of the wall, attended by 150000 

1990 Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57. 

1991 Theodore Wilson, dies at 47. 

1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88 

1994 Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67. 

1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65 

1996 Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85. 

1998 Alan Shepard dies in Monterey, CA, at age 74. Shepard was the inaugural American in space, and later commanded the Apollo 14 moon mission. He was the fifth person to walk on the lunar surface 

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