Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on this day in history.   

1947  National Security Act establishes the CIA on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history department of Defense forms   

1948  On July - 26 pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in the armed forces   

1948  President Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services on July - 26.   

1948  On July - 26 the first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show   

1948  "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance on this day in history.   

1948  Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on July - 26.   

1949  On this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

1949  WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

1950  Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game on July - 26.   

1951  On July - 26 netherlands ends state of war with Germany   

1952  Eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33 on July - 26.   

1952  On this day in history mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer   

1952  King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] on July - 26.   

1952  On July - 26 maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33   

1953  On July - 26 cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

1953  Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev on this day in history.   

1953  Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba on July - 26.   

1953  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on July - 26.   

1954  On July - 26 3 aircraft from USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) shoot down 2 Chinese fighters that fired on them while they were providing air cover for rescue operations for a U.K. airliner shot down by a Chinese aircraft.   

1954  WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

1954  Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1955  On July - 26 ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers   

1956  Egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up) on July - 26.   

1956  President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company on this day in history.   

1956  Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on July - 26.   

1957  On this day in history carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.   

1957  On this day in history mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200   

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on July - 26.   

1957  USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on July - 26.   

1957  Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered on July - 26.   

1958  Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV on July - 26.   

1959  C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 on this day in history.   

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

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

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

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

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

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

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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

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

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.   

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