Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on July - 26.   

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  President Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services on July - 26.   

1948  The first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show on this day in history.   

1948  "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance on this day in history.   

1948  Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on July - 26.   

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

1951  On this day in history netherlands ends state of war with Germany   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200   

1957  On this day in history 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  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  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

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

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on July - 26.   

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  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  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on July - 26.