Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on this day in history.  

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

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 July - 26.  

1948  On this day in history president Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services.  

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  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on July - 26.  

1949  On July - 26 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 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 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  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200  

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on this day in history.  

1957  USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on this day in history.  

1957  On July - 26 carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered  

1958  Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV on this day in history.  

1959  C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 on July - 26.  

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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  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.  

1694  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.  

1796  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)  

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.  

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

1342  On this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies  

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

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

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

1541  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.