Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26

1918  On this day in history eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies   

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  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 July - 26 james Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher   

1923  On July - 26 peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI)   

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

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1926  On July - 26 national Bar Association incorporates   

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  Hans Haselbock, composer on July - 26.   

1933  Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League on July - 26.   

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

1937  End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War on July - 26.   

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

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 July - 26 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  RAF bombs Hamburg on this day in history.   

1942  On July - 26 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  Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam on July - 26.   

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

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 this day in history president Truman orders desegregation of all US forces   

1946  Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies on July - 26.   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

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

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.   

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

1342  On this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.   

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

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