This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
07/26/1467 Ferdinand II, King of Naples 
07/26/1694 Johann Samuel Endler, composer 
07/26/1739 George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) 
07/26/1782 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes) 
07/26/1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer 
07/26/1796 George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) 
07/26/1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings 
07/26/1801 Ret Major General John Drake Sloat, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 
07/26/1805 Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) 
07/26/1820 John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 
07/26/1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) 
07/26/1856 George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) 
07/26/1860 Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) 
07/26/1863 Jazeps Vitols, composer 
07/26/1865 Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel 
07/26/1866 Francesco Cilea, composer 
07/26/1872 George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) 
07/26/1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)

07/26/1875 Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, Dr (founded analytic psychology) 
07/26/1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) 
07/26/1877 Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields) 
07/26/1881 Alexander J Kropholler, architect 
07/26/1891 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian 
07/26/1892 Philipp Jarnach, composer 
07/26/1893 George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns) 
07/26/1894 Aldous L Huxley, England, author (Brave New World) 
07/26/1894 Ludovicus J Rogier, historian (Henric van Veldeken) 
07/26/1895 Robert Graves, English writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26] 
07/26/1896 Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius) 
07/26/1897 Paul Gallico, US author 
07/26/1899 Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Italian & Roman art critic) 
07/26/1899 Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight) 
07/26/1902 Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) 
07/26/1903 Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour) 
07/26/1904 Jack Allan Westrup, composer 
07/26/1906 Armando Jose Fernandes, composer 
07/26/1907 Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932) 
07/26/1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73) 
07/26/1909 Gerardina I 'Diny' van Amstel, actress (Dijntje & Trijntje) 
07/26/1913 Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932) 
07/26/1917 Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948) 
07/26/1917 Richard Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948) 
07/26/1920 Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams) 
07/26/1922 Andrzej Koszewski, composer 
07/26/1922 Blake Edwards, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's) 
07/26/1922 Jason Robards Jr, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Act 1, Any Wednesday) 
07/26/1922 Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show) 
07/26/1924 Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant 
07/26/1924 Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show) 
07/26/1926 Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president) 
07/26/1926 James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder) 
07/26/1928 Hans Haselbock, composer 
07/26/1928 Stanley Kubrick, NYC, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita) 
07/26/1928 Tadeusz Baird, composer 
07/26/1929 Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948) 
07/26/1929 Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969) 
07/26/1931 Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) 
07/26/1934 Anthony Gilbert, composer 
07/26/1936 Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer 
07/26/1936 Kathryn Hays, actress (Kim-As the World Turns) 
07/26/1940 Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy 
07/26/1941 Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer (Sunny) 
07/26/1941 Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign) 
07/26/1941 Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon) 
07/26/1941 Hans Gualth‚rie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 
07/26/1942 Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd) 
07/26/1943 Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone) , never gathers moss

07/26/1943 Roger Smalley, composer 
07/26/1944 Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues) 
07/26/1944 Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972) 
07/26/1945 Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)

07/26/1946 Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife) 
07/26/1948 Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) 
07/26/1949 Roger Taylor, British pop musician (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody) 
07/26/1949 William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52

07/26/1950 Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania) 
07/26/1950 Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) 
07/26/1951 William Surles 'Bill' McArthur Jr, Laurinburg NC, astro (STS 58) 
07/26/1952 Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980) 
07/26/1954 Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu) 
07/26/1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987) 
07/26/1955 Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital)

07/26/1956 Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/26/1958 Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80) 
07/26/1960 LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84) 
07/26/1961 Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout) 
07/26/1961 Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words)

07/26/1963 Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It) 
07/26/1963 Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas) 
07/26/1965 Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns) 
07/26/1973 Mike Burke, NY Yankees pres/CEO of Madison Sq Garden 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/26/ 811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle 
07/26/1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies 
07/26/1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 
07/26/1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies 
07/26/1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima 
07/26/1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 
07/26/1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 
07/26/1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 
07/26/1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 
07/26/1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 
07/26/1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 
07/26/1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 
07/26/1863 Sam Houston, president of Texas, dies at 70 
07/26/1872 Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 
07/26/1910 Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 
07/26/1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 
07/26/1918 Eduard 'Mick' Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 
07/26/1920 Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 
07/26/1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 
07/26/1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb 
07/26/1942 Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies 
07/26/1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies

07/26/1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies 
07/26/1952 Maria Eva 'Evita' Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 
07/26/1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies 
07/26/1954 Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 
07/26/1956 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 
07/26/1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered 
07/26/1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 
07/26/1967 Matth˜s Vermeulen, composer, dies at 79 
07/26/1968 Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies 
07/26/1974 Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55 
07/26/1977 Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 
07/26/1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75 
07/26/1981 Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58 
07/26/1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54 
07/26/1984 Ed 'Psycho' Gein, dies 
07/26/1986 Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94 
07/26/1987 Joe Liggins, US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71 
07/26/1990 Brian Mydland, keyboardist (Grateful Dead), dies at 38 
07/26/1992 Mary Wells, US, soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49 
07/26/1993 Daniel Fuchs, US, screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 
07/26/1993 Matthew B Ridgway, US general (NATO), dies at 98 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/26/ 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine 
07/26/1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst 
07/26/1579 Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean 
07/26/1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent 
07/26/1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 
07/26/1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga, New York 
07/26/1775 Benjamin Franklin becomes 1st Postmaster General 
07/26/1788 NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution 
07/26/1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists 
07/26/1790 US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts 
07/26/1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 
07/26/1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jos‚ de San Martin 
07/26/1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews 
07/26/1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo 
07/26/1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 
07/26/1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 
07/26/1848 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) 
07/26/1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 
07/26/1863 At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender 
07/26/1863 Battle of Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender 
07/26/1864 -31] Riot at McCook's: to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 
07/26/1864 -31] Riot at Stoneman's: to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- 
07/26/1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 
07/26/1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 
07/26/1866 Canoe Club opens in England 
07/26/1887 1st Esperanto book published 
07/26/1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) 
07/26/1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #568 Cheruskia 
07/26/1908 Federal Bureau of Investigation established 
07/26/1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum 
07/26/1914 British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain

07/26/1914 German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium 
07/26/1915 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms 
07/26/1917 J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice 
07/26/1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed) 
07/26/1923 James Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher 
07/26/1926 National Bar Association incorporates 
07/26/1926 Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence 
07/26/1928 Heavyweight Gene Tunney KOs Tom Heeney (NYC) 
07/26/1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 
07/26/1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 
07/26/1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs 
07/26/1941 'Camp Amersfoort' opened by Germany occupiers 
07/26/1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague 
07/26/1942 RAF bombs Hamburg 
07/26/1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism 
07/26/1943 120ø F (49ø C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) 
07/26/1944 Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam 
07/26/1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel 
07/26/1944 US offensive at St-L“/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles 
07/26/1945 Churchill resigns as Britain's PM 
07/26/1945 Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum 
07/26/1945 US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb 
07/26/1947 Department of Defense established 
07/26/1947 National Security Act establishes CIA 
07/26/1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show 
07/26/1949 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick 
07/26/1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 
07/26/1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch Dutch east indies Army) unites 
07/26/1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 
07/26/1952 King Faruk of Egypt, resigns [Black Saturday] 
07/26/1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer 
07/26/1953 Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba 
07/26/1953 Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban revol 
07/26/1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 
07/26/1955 Doug Ford wins PGA golf tournament 
07/26/1955 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers 
07/26/1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal 
07/26/1956 Italian passenger ship Andrea Doria sinks, 52 die 
07/26/1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 
07/26/1957 USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile 
07/26/1958 Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV 
07/26/1959 C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 
07/26/1960 Italian cabinet of Fanfani forms 
07/26/1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 
07/26/1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 
07/26/1963 US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 
07/26/1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy 
07/26/1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 
07/26/1964 US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud 
07/26/1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) 
07/26/1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting 
07/26/1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18 
07/26/1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 
07/26/1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 
07/26/1971 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #1836 Komarov 
07/26/1974 USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 
07/26/1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth 
07/26/1979 Estimated 109 cm (43') of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record) 
07/26/1981 2 climbers rappell 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela 
07/26/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2845 Franklinken & #2882 Tedesco 
07/26/1981 NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 
07/26/1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket 
07/26/1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8 
07/26/1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) 
07/26/1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 
07/26/1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco 
07/26/1987 Stephen Roche wins Tour de France 
07/26/1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode 
07/26/1990 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games 
07/26/1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th

07/26/1992 Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen 
07/26/1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed 
07/26/1993 Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 
  
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