Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26

1918  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on July - 26.   

1919  On July - 26 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  Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams) on July - 26.   

1920  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1922  On July - 26 andrzej Koszewski, composer   

1923  On this day in history james Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher   

1923  Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI) on July - 26.   

1924  Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant on July - 26.   

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1926  On July - 26 national Bar Association incorporates   

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

1927  G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India) on this day in history.   

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

1928  Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on July - 26.   

1928  On this day in history hans Haselbock, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1937  End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War on July - 26.   

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

1939  On July - 26 yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs   

1940  Formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) on July - 26.   

1941  1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies   

1942  On July - 26 cAPT Joy Bright Hancock appointed Director, Women's Naval Reserve.   

1942  On this day in history rAF bombs Hamburg   

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

1943  120°F (49°C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) on July - 26.   

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

1944  On this day in history reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies   

1945  Churchill resigns as Britain's PM on this day in history.   

1945  After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM on July - 26.   

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

1946  On July - 26 morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies   

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

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

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  On this day in history birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

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  On July - 26 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

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