Page 6: Historical Events In July - 26

1947  On July - 26 department of Defense established   

1947  On July - 26 national Security Act establishes the CIA   

1947  Department of Defense forms on July - 26.   

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

1948  On July - 26 charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies   

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

1953  On July - 26 fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev   

1953  On this day in history cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba   

1953  On this day in history nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1954  Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 on July - 26.   

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

1956  On July - 26 egypt seizes Suez Canal (soon Britian and France along with Isreal show up)   

1956  On this day in history president Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company   

1956  On this day in history miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46   

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

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

1957  USA test launch first ICBM on July - 26.   

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

1957  On July - 26 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 this day in history.   

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

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 July - 26.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

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

0811  On July - 26 nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

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 this day in history.