Historical Events In July - 26

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  

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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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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.  

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

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)  

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  On July - 26 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  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle  

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.  

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)  

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1533  On this day in history 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 this day in history.