Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  On July - 26 department of Defense established   

1947  On July - 26 national Security Act establishes the CIA   

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

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

1948  "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance on July - 26.   

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

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 July - 26 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  On July - 26 eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33   

1952  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer   

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  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  On this day in history cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

1953  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1954  WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

1954  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up)   

1956  President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company on this day in history.   

1956  Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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  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 July - 26.   

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

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history 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)