Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on this day in history.   

1947  On July - 26 national Security Act establishes the CIA   

1947  Department of Defense forms on this day in history.   

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

1948  President Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services on this day in history.   

1948  On July - 26 the first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show   

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

1948  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

1952  On this day in history eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33   

1952  Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer on this day in history.   

1952  King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] on July - 26.   

1952  Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

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  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on this day in history.   

1954  On July - 26 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1956  On July - 26 miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46   

1957  On this day in history carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.   

1957  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200   

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on July - 26.   

1957  USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on July - 26.   

1957  On this day in history carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered   

1958  Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV on July - 26.   

1959  C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 on July - 26.   

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1782  On July - 26 birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.