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July 26 Events in History - July 26 Birthdays - July 26 Deaths
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July 26, 2005 Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster July 26, 1998 19th U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California July 26, 1998 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic July 26, 1994 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 July 26, 1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed July 26, 1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed July 26, 1993 Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km July 26, 1992 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 108 performances July 26, 1992 47th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan July 26, 1992 England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war July 26, 1992 Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen July 26, 1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons July 26, 1992 Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen July 26, 1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders July 26, 1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th July 26, 1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode July 26, 1990 President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act July 26, 1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game July 26, 1990 U.S. beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games July 26, 1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM July 26, 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF July 26, 1987 Stephen Roche wins Tour de France July 26, 1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco July 26, 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single July 26, 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction July 26, 1984 Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use July 26, 1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8 July 26, 1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) July 26, 1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io July 26, 1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket July 26, 1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe July 26, 1981 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela July 26, 1981 36th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley July 26, 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant July 26, 1979 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record) July 26, 1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 26, 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run July 26, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test July 26, 1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth July 26, 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 26, 1974 U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 July 26, 1973 Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London July 26, 1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon July 26, 1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton July 26, 1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific July 26, 1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18 July 26, 1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting July 26, 1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) July 26, 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open July 26, 1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy July 26, 1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die July 26, 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ July 26, 1963 U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched July 26, 1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba July 26, 1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher July 26, 1960 Italian government of Fanfani forms July 26, 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open July 26, 1958 Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV July 26, 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 July 26, 1957 U.S.S.R. launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile July 26, 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal July 26, 1955 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit July 26, 1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester July 26, 1955 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers July 26, 1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting July 26, 1953 Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime July 26, 1952 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] July 26, 1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer July 26, 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany July 26, 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game July 26, 1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites July 26, 1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting July 26, 1948 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance July 26, 1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show July 26, 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant July 26, 1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces July 26, 1947 Department of Defense forms July 26, 1947 National Security Act establishes CIA July 26, 1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces July 26, 1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM July 26, 1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender July 26, 1945 Japanese government disregards U.S. ultimatum July 26, 1945 U.S. cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb July 26, 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM July 26, 1944 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam July 26, 1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel July 26, 1944 U.S. offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St. Gilles July 26, 1943 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) July 26, 1943 Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome July 26, 1942 RAF bombs Hamburg July 26, 1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism July 26, 1941 "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers July 26, 1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague July 26, 1941 U.S. embargo on oil-export to Japan July 26, 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs July 26, 1938 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC July 26, 1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League July 26, 1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title July 26, 1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 July 26, 1926 National Bar Association incorporates July 26, 1926 Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence July 26, 1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) July 26, 1917 J. Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice July 26, 1915 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms July 26, 1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum July 26, 1914 British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain July 26, 1914 German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium July 26, 1908 Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice July 26, 1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford July 26, 1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) July 26, 1891 Henry James' "American," premieres in London July 26, 1887 1st Esperanto book published July 26, 1882 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut July 26, 1881 French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax July 26, 1866 Canoe Club opens in England July 26, 1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) July 26, 1864 Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- July 26, 1864 Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- July 26, 1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] July 26, 1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender July 26, 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament July 26, 1848 1st Woman's Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, New York July 26, 1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society July 26, 1847 Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride July 26, 1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii July 26, 1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo July 26, 1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews July 26, 1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin July 26, 1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die July 26, 1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts July 26, 1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution July 26, 1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists July 26, 1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office July 26, 1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie July 26, 1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY July 26, 1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg July 26, 1757 Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland July 26, 1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France July 26, 1663 France annexes Venaissin July 26, 1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent July 26, 1588 John Hawkins becomes a knight July 26, 1579 Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean July 26, 1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst July 26, 1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru July 26, 1524 James I (12) becomes king of Scotland July 26, 1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast July 26, 1499 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island July 26, 1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork July 26, 1267 Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV July 26, 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine |