Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  Department of Defense established on this day in history.   

1947  On July - 26 national Security Act establishes the CIA   

1947  On this day in history department of Defense forms   

1948  Pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in the armed forces on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

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 this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

1949  WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1950  On July - 26 dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game   

1951  Netherlands ends state of war with Germany on July - 26.   

1952  Eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33 on this day in history.   

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 July - 26.   

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  On July - 26 cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

1953  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1954  WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting on July - 26.   

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

1955  Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers on July - 26.   

1956  On this day in history egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up)   

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

1956  On July - 26 miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46   

1957  Carlos Armas, president of Guatemala, is assassinated on this day in history.   

1957  On July - 26 mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200   

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on July - 26.   

1957  On July - 26 uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile   

1957  On this day in history carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered   

1958  Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV on July - 26.   

1959  On July - 26 c Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183   

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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 July - 26.   

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

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

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

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

0811  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

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 July - 26.   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

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.