Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26

1918  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history james Lovelock, scientist   

1920  Women in the US obtain the right to vote as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified on July - 26.   

1920  On July - 26 bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)   

1920  On July - 26 carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

1922  Andrzej Koszewski, composer on July - 26.   

1923  On July - 26 james Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher   

1923  On this day in history peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI)   

1924  On this day in history elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant   

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on July - 26.   

1926  On this day in history national Bar Association incorporates   

1926  Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses) on July - 26.   

1927  On July - 26 g S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India)   

1928  On July - 26 the birth of Stanley Kubrick, British director   

1928  Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1928  Hans Haselbock, composer on this day in history.   

1933  Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League on July - 26.   

1936  The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War on July - 26.   

1937  On this day in history end of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.   

1938  On July - 26 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC   

1939  On this day in history yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs   

1940  Formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) on this day in history.   

1941  On July - 26 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague   

1941  Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history cAPT Joy Bright Hancock appointed Director, Women's Naval Reserve.   

1942  On July - 26 rAF bombs Hamburg   

1942  On July - 26 titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (Dachau), dies   

1943  On this day in history 120°F (49°C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)   

1944  On July - 26 japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam   

1944  Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies on July - 26.   

1945  Churchill resigns as Britain's PM on July - 26.   

1945  On July - 26 after Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM   

1946  President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces on July - 26.   

1946  Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies on this day in history.   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on this day in history.   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

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

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on July - 26.