Historical Events In July - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1947 Department of Defense established on July - 26.
1947 On July - 26 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 this day in history.
1948 President Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services on July - 26.
1948 On July - 26 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 Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on July - 26.
1949 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game on July - 26.
1951 On July - 26 netherlands ends state of war with Germany
1952 Eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33 on this day in history.
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 this day in history fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev
1953 On July - 26 cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on this day in history.
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 July - 26 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 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 July - 26.
1956 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1957 Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated on this day in history.
1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on July - 26.
1957 On this day in history uSA test launch first ICBM
1957 USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on July - 26.
1957 On July - 26 carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered
1958 On July - 26 army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV
1959 C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 on this day in history.
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