Historical Events In July - 26
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
1947 On July - 26 department of Defense established
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 this day in history.
1948 President Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services on July - 26.
1948 On this day in history the first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
1948 On this day in history "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 On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history.
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 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 July - 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 July - 26.
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 On this day in history carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.
1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on July - 26.
1957 On July - 26 uSA test launch first ICBM
1957 On this day in history uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
1957 On this day in history 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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