Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26

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

1919  On this day in history james Lovelock, scientist   

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

1920  On July - 26 bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)   

1920  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on July - 26.   

1922  On this day in history andrzej Koszewski, composer   

1923  James Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher on July - 26.   

1923  Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI) on July - 26.   

1924  On this day in history elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant   

1925  On this day in history william Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65   

1926  National Bar Association incorporates on July - 26.   

1926  On July - 26 barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses)   

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 July - 26.   

1928  Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on July - 26.   

1928  On this day in history hans Haselbock, composer   

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

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

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

1938  On this day in history 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC   

1939  Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs on this day in history.   

1940  Formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) on July - 26.   

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

1941  Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies on July - 26.   

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

1942  On this day in history rAF bombs Hamburg   

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

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

1944  On this day in history japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam   

1944  On this day in history reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies   

1945  On this day in history churchill resigns as Britain's PM   

1945  After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM on this day in history.   

1946  President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces on July - 26.   

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

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

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

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  On this day in history birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on July - 26.   

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  On July - 26 nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

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)