Historical Events In July - 26

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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1030  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

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

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.   

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.   

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

1592  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)