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  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  President Harry S. Truman orders desegregation of the Armed Services on July - 26.   

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

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

1948  Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies on this day in history.   

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 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  Eva "Evita" Peron Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at 33 on July - 26.   

1952  On this day in history mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer   

1952  On this day in history king Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]   

1952  On this day in history maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33   

1953  On this day in history 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  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 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  On July - 26 wCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 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  Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on July - 26.   

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

1957  Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 on this day in history.   

1957  On July - 26 uSA test launch first ICBM   

1957  On this day in history uSSR launches first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile   

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  C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 on this day in history.   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

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 July - 26 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  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 July - 26.   

0796  On this day in history death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

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  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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 this day in history.