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  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  On this day in history the first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show   

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

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 this day in history dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game   

1951  Netherlands ends state of war with Germany on this day in history.   

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  On July - 26 maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33   

1953  Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba on July - 26.   

1953  On this day in history fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev   

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  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 July - 26.   

1954  On July - 26 wCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers   

1956  Egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up) on this day in history.   

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

1956  Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1957  Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on July - 26.   

1957  On July - 26 uSA test launch first ICBM   

1957  USSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile on July - 26.   

1957  Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered on July - 26.   

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

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

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

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 July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.   

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

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.   

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