Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26

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

1919  James Lovelock, scientist on July - 26.   

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

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  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  National Bar Association incorporates on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses)   

1927  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

1928  On July - 26 hans Haselbock, composer   

1933  On this day in history joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League   

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

1937  On July - 26 end of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.   

1938  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

1941  On this day in history 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague   

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

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

1942  On this day in history rAF bombs Hamburg   

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

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

1944  Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam on this day in history.   

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

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

1945  On this day in history after Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM   

1946  On this day in history president Truman orders desegregation of all US forces   

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

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

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

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1791  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.   

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

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 July - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.