Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on July - 26.   

1947  National Security Act establishes the CIA on this day in history.   

1947  Department of Defense forms on July - 26.   

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

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

1948  On July - 26 charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies   

1949  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on July - 26.   

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  Netherlands ends state of war with Germany on this day in history.   

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 this day in history king Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]   

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  Egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up) on July - 26.   

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

1956  On this day in history miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46   

1957  Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history c Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183   

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1030  On July - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1380  On July - 26 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  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

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.