Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on this day in history.  

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

1947  Department of Defense forms on July - 26.  

1948  On July - 26 pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in the armed forces  

1948  On July - 26 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  On this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick  

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 July - 26.  

1952  King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] on this day in history.  

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 July - 26.  

1953  On July - 26 fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev  

1953  On this day in history cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba  

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 July - 26.  

1954  On this day in history wCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting  

1954  Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 on July - 26.  

1955  On this day in history ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers  

1956  On this day in history egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up)  

1956  President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company on July - 26.  

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

1957  On July - 26 carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.  

1957  On this day in history 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 July - 26.  

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

1958  On this day in history army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV  

1959  C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 on this day in history.  

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

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

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

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

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 July - 26.  

1471  On this day in history 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 July - 26.  

1592  On July - 26 death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)