Historical Events In July - 26

1947  On this day in history department of Defense established  

1947  On July - 26 national Security Act establishes the CIA  

1947  Department of Defense forms on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1948  The first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show on this day in history.  

1948  On July - 26 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance  

1948  On July - 26 charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies  

1949  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on July - 26.  

1949  WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1950  Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game on this day in history.  

1951  Netherlands ends state of war with Germany on this day in history.  

1952  On July - 26 eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33  

1952  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer  

1952  On this day in history king Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]  

1952  Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

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

1953  Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev on July - 26.  

1953  On this day in history cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba  

1953  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1955  On this day in history ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers  

1956  On this day in history egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up)  

1956  On this day in history president Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company  

1956  On July - 26 miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46  

1957  Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated on July - 26.  

1957  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200  

1957  On July - 26 uSA test launch first ICBM  

1957  On this day in history uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile  

1957  On July - 26 carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered  

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

1959  On this day in history c Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183  

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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  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  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

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

0811  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle  

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

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  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

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

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.