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 July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history the first black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show   

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  C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on July - 26.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1952  Mickey Mantle hits his first grand-slammer on this day in history.   

1952  King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] on this day in history.   

1952  Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 on July - 26.   

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

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 July - 26.   

1953  On July - 26 nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies   

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 this day in history 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  Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history uSA test launch first ICBM   

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  On July - 26 army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV   

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

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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 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  On July - 26 birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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  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  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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 July - 26.