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July 26 Deaths in History - July 26 Birthdays - July 26 Events
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July 26, 2004 William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92 July 26, 2000 John Tukey, American Scientist July 26, 1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 July 26, 1996 Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94 July 26, 1995 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies July 26, 1995 George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88 July 26, 1995 Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70 July 26, 1995 Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76 July 26, 1994 Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64 July 26, 1994 Thomas Davis, U.S. movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26 July 26, 1993 Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 July 26, 1993 Matthew B Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98 July 26, 1992 Mary Wells, U.S. soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49 July 26, 1992 Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60 July 26, 1990 Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38 July 26, 1987 Joe Liggins, U.S. composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71 July 26, 1986 Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, New York at 94 July 26, 1984 Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78 July 26, 1984 George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies July 26, 1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54 July 26, 1981 Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58 July 26, 1980 Alan Hoskins, dies July 26, 1980 Kenneth Tynan, English Critic July 26, 1977 Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 July 26, 1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75 July 26, 1977 Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6 July 26, 1975 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98 July 26, 1974 Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55 July 26, 1974 Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82 July 26, 1973 Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies July 26, 1970 Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81 July 26, 1969 Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81 July 26, 1968 Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies July 26, 1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79 July 26, 1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 July 26, 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered July 26, 1956 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 July 26, 1954 Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 July 26, 1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies July 26, 1952 Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 July 26, 1952 Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman July 26, 1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies July 26, 1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies July 26, 1942 Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies July 26, 1941 Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies July 26, 1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb July 26, 1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 July 26, 1920 Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 July 26, 1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies July 26, 1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 July 26, 1915 James Murray, philologist, dies July 26, 1910 Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 July 26, 1881 George Borrow, writer, dies July 26, 1872 Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 July 26, 1863 Samuel Houston, 1st President of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 July 26, 1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 July 26, 1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 July 26, 1819 George Leonard, American Lawyer July 26, 1806 K vs. Gunderode, writer, dies at 26 July 26, 1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 July 26, 1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 July 26, 1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies July 26, 1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 July 26, 1712 Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 July 26, 1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies July 26, 1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 July 26, 1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies July 26, 1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima July 26, 1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies July 26, 1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 July 26, 1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies July 26, 811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle July 26, 796 Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) |