Page 6: 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 July - 26.   

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

1948  Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on this day in history.   

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

1949  On July - 26 wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1953  On July - 26 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 July - 26.   

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  Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers on July - 26.   

1956  On July - 26 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 this day in history miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46   

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 July - 26.   

1957  On July - 26 uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile   

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

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

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 this day in history 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 July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  On July - 26 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 July - 26.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.   

1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On July - 26 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 July - 26.