Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on July - 26.   

1947  National Security Act establishes the CIA on July - 26.   

1947  Department of Defense forms on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in the armed forces   

1948  On July - 26 president Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services.   

1948  The first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show on this day in history.   

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

1948  Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on July - 26.   

1949  On July - 26 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

1949  WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

1950  Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game on this day in history.   

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  Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer on July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On July - 26 cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

1953  Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev on this day in history.   

1953  Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba on this day in history.   

1953  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on July - 26.   

1954  On this day in history 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  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  On July - 26 ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers   

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

1956  On July - 26 president Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company   

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

1957  On July - 26 carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated.   

1957  On this day in history mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200   

1957  On July - 26 uSA test launch first ICBM   

1957  USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on this day in history.   

1957  On July - 26 carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered   

1958  On this day in history army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV   

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

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

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 July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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.