Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26

1918  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on July - 26.   

1919  James Lovelock, scientist on July - 26.   

1920  On July - 26 women in the US obtain the right to vote as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.   

1920  Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams) on July - 26.   

1920  On this day in history carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

1922  On July - 26 andrzej Koszewski, composer   

1923  On this day in history james Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher   

1923  Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI) on this day in history.   

1924  On July - 26 elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant   

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on July - 26.   

1926  National Bar Association incorporates on this day in history.   

1926  Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses) on July - 26.   

1927  On this day in history g S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India)   

1928  The birth of Stanley Kubrick, British director on this day in history.   

1928  Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1928  Hans Haselbock, composer on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League   

1936  On this day in history the Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.   

1937  On this day in history end of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.   

1938  1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC on July - 26.   

1939  Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs on July - 26.   

1940  On July - 26 formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS)   

1941  On this day in history 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague   

1941  On July - 26 benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies   

1942  On this day in history cAPT Joy Bright Hancock appointed Director, Women's Naval Reserve.   

1942  RAF bombs Hamburg on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (Dachau), dies   

1943  120°F (49°C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) on July - 26.   

1944  On July - 26 japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam   

1944  On July - 26 reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies   

1945  On July - 26 churchill resigns as Britain's PM   

1945  On July - 26 after Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM   

1946  On July - 26 president Truman orders desegregation of all US forces   

1946  On July - 26 morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies   

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1030  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on this day in history.   

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on this day in history.   

1782  On July - 26 birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.   

0796  On this day in history death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

1592  On July - 26 death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)