Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  On July - 26 department of Defense established   

1947  On this day in history national Security Act establishes the CIA   

1947  On July - 26 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  On this day in history president Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services.   

1948  On July - 26 the first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show   

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 this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

1949  WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

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  Eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33 on July - 26.   

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

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

1952  Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 on July - 26.   

1953  On July - 26 cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

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

1953  On July - 26 cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

1953  On this day in history 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 this day in history wCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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

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

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

1957  Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on July - 26.   

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on July - 26.   

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

1957  On this day in history carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered   

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 this day in history.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.   

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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 July - 26.   

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.   

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

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

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