Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on July - 26.   

1947  National Security Act establishes the CIA on July - 26.   

1947  On this day in history department of Defense forms   

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

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 this day in history charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies   

1949  On July - 26 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

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

1950  On this day in history dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game   

1951  Netherlands ends state of war with Germany on July - 26.   

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

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

1952  King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] on this day in history.   

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

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

1953  On July - 26 nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies   

1954  On this day in history 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  On July - 26 wCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  On July - 26 hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26   

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 July - 26 president Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company   

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

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

1957  Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on this day in history.   

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on this day in history.   

1957  USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on this day in history.   

1957  Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 26 army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV   

1959  On July - 26 c Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183   

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

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

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.   

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

1739  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

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  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  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

1592  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)