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 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 this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1950  On July - 26 dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game   

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

1952  On this day in history eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33   

1952  Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer on July - 26.   

1952  On July - 26 king Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]   

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

1953  Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba on this day in history.   

1953  On July - 26 fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev   

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

1953  On this day in history nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies   

1954  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1955  Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers on this day in history.   

1956  Egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up) on this day in history.   

1956  President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company on July - 26.   

1956  Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1959  On July - 26 c Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183   

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

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  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

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  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

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

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)