Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on July - 26.   

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

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  The first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show on this day in history.   

1948  "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance on this day in history.   

1948  Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on this day in history.   

1949  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on this day in history.   

1949  On July - 26 wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1950  On July - 26 dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game   

1951  On July - 26 netherlands ends state of war with Germany   

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

1952  On this day in history mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer   

1952  On July - 26 king Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]   

1952  Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 on July - 26.   

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 July - 26 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 this day in history.   

1954  WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1956  Egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up) on July - 26.   

1956  On this day in history president Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company   

1956  Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on July - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1958  On July - 26 army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV   

1959  On this day in history c Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  On this day in history 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  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.   

0811  On July - 26 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  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.   

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

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