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Sunday, 22 February 2026
Jul 14 Jay Forrester, a pioneer in computer memory, was born . Forrester studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he later became a professor and researcher. In 1945. 
Jul 15 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
Jul 15 Lord Buxton of Alsa, CEO (ITV).
Jul 16 Nicholas II Russian tsar, and family are executed
Jul 17 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13
Jul 17 Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
Jul 17 SS Carpathia. One of the more well known names, more from assisting the Titanic than from her own sinking, she was of 13603 tons and built for Cunard by Swan and Hunter on the Tyne in 1902. She was attacked by the German submarine U55, 170 miles west of Bishops Rock, while outward bound to Boston, USA, from Liverpool, a service which had been decided would continue to be maintained in wartime conditions. She was hit by three torpdeoes. Five engine room staff were killed directly by the impact and explosions but 215 crew and all 57 passengers were saved and rescued by the sloop HMS Snowdrop.
Jul 18 Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
Jul 18 Nelson Mandella, South African President is born
Jul 18 US and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I.
Jul 19 German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I)
Jul 19 Joost van Vollenhoven, Neth, gov-gen (French West-Africa), dies
Jul 19 Samuel Colt, US inventor of the Colt 45 revolver is born
Jul 20 World War I: German troops cross the Marne.
Jul 21 U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts
Jul 22 Lightning results in the deaths of 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park.
Jul 22 Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry
Jul 24 Ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, composer/violinist (Paganini).
Jul 24 Sgt. Richard Charles TRAVIS, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Hebuterne, France.
Jul 25 Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of US, Calif.
Jul 25 Annette Adams sworn in as inaugural woman district attorney of US, Calif
Jul 25 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), dies.
Jul 25 Nan Grey, [Eschal Miller], actress (3 Grief Girl, Dracula's Daughters).
Jul 25 Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed)
Jul 26 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
Jul 26 Marjorie Lord, American actress.
Jul 26 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed).
Jul 27 Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer
Jul 27 Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY
Jul 27 Socony 200, inaugural concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY.
Jul 29 Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer
Jul 30 Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies
Jul 30 Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player
Jul 30 Units of inaugural Marine Aviation Force arrive at Brest, France.
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