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Today in History
Today is July 26
Here is what happened today.
| 1998 | 19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif |
| 1998 | Giant Eagle LPGA Classic |
| 1998 | 19th U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California |
| 1994 | Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed |
| 1994 | Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 |
| 1993 | Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed |
| 1993 | Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km |
| 1992 | Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen |
| 1992 | Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons |
| 1992 | England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war |
| 1992 | 47th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan |
| 1992 | "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 perfs |
| 1992 | Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen |
| 1992 | 47th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan |
| 1992 | "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 108 performances |
| 1991 | Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater |
| 1991 | CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1991 | Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th |
| 1990 | US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games |
| 1990 | Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game |
| 1990 | General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode |
| 1990 | U.S. beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games |
| 1990 | President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act |
| 1988 | Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM |
| 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 |
| 1987 | Stephen Roche wins Tour de France |
| 1987 | Catfish Hunter Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF |
| 1987 | Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF |
| 1986 | Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco |
| 1984 | Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction |
| 1984 | Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single |
| 1984 | Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use |
| 1983 | Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io |
| 1983 | Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) |
| 1983 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8 |
| 1982 | Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket |
| 1982 | Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe |
| 1982 | Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket |
| 1981 | NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant |
| 1981 | 36th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley |
| 1981 | 36th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley |
| 1981 | 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela |
| 1981 | New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant |
| 1979 | Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record) |
| 1979 | Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record) |
| 1978 | Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run |
| 1978 | France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island |
| 1977 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test |
| 1977 | USSR performs underground nuclear Test |
| 1975 | Soyuz 18B returns to Earth |
| 1974 | France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island |
| 1974 | U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 |
| 1974 | USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 |
| 1973 | Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London |
| 1971 | Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon |
| 1971 | Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon |
| 1970 | Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton |
| 1970 | Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton |
| 1969 | Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific |
| 1967 | Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18 |
| 1966 | WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1965 | Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) |
| 1964 | Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open |
| 1964 | Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy |
| 1964 | US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud |
| 1964 | Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die |
| 1964 | Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy |
| 1963 | US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched |
| 1963 | Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ |
| 1963 | U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched |
| 1962 | Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba |
| 1962 | Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher |
| 1960 | Italian govt of Fanfani forms |
| 1960 | Italian government of Fanfani forms |
| 1959 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open |
| 1958 | Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV |
| 1958 | Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV |
| 1957 | U.S.S.R. launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile |
| 1957 | USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile |
| 1957 | Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 |
| 1956 | Egypt seizes Suez Canal |
| 1955 | Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester |
| 1955 | Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers |
| 1955 | 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit |
| 1954 | WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba |
| 1953 | Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime |
| 1952 | Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer |
| 1952 | King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] |
| 1951 | Netherlands ends state of war with Germany |
| 1950 | KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites |
| 1950 | Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game |
| 1950 | Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game |
| 1949 | WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1948 | "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance |
| 1948 | Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant |
| 1948 | President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces |
| 1948 | 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show |
| 1948 | Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a NY Giant |
| 1948 | Pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in armed forces |
| 1947 | National Security Act establishes CIA |
| 1947 | Department of Defense forms |
| 1946 | President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces |
| 1946 | President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces |
| 1945 | U.S. cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb |
| 1945 | Japanese government disregards U.S. ultimatum |
| 1945 | After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM |
| 1945 | US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb |
| 1945 | Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM |
| 1945 | Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender |
| 1945 | Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum |
| 1944 | Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam |
| 1944 | US offensive at St-L“/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles |
| 1944 | Russian troops arrive in Weichsel |
| 1944 | U.S. offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St. Gilles |
| 1944 | Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam |
| 1943 | 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) |
| 1943 | 120øF (49øC), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) |
| 1943 | Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome |
| 1942 | RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism |
| 1942 | RAF bombs Hamburg |
| 1941 | US embargo on oil-export to Japan |
| 1941 | 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague |
| 1941 | U.S. embargo on oil-export to Japan |
| 1941 | "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers |
| 1939 | Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs |
| 1938 | 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC |
| 1933 | Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League |
| 1928 | Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 |
| 1928 | Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1926 | Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence |
| 1926 | National Bar Association incorporates |
| 1926 | Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence |
| 1918 | Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed) |
| 1918 | Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) |
| 1917 | J. Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice |
| 1917 | J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice |
| 1915 | International School for Wijsbegeerte forms |
| 1914 | Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum |
| 1914 | British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain |
| 1914 | German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium |
| 1908 | Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice |
| 1902 | Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford |
| 1897 | 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) |
| 1891 | Henry James' "American," premieres in London |
| 1887 | 1st Esperanto book published |
| 1882 | Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut |
| 1881 | French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax |
| 1866 | Canoe Club opens in England |
| 1865 | Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) |
| 1864 | Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- |
| 1864 | Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- |
| 1864 | Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] |
| 1864 | -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- |
| 1864 | -31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- |
| 1863 | Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender |
| 1863 | Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender |
| 1858 | Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament |
| 1848 | 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) |
| 1848 | 1st Woman's Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, New York |
| 1847 | Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society |
| 1847 | Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride |
| 1835 | 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii |
| 1832 | HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo |
| 1826 | Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews |
| 1822 | Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin |
| 1822 | Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jos‚ de San Martin |
| 1805 | Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die |
| 1790 | US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts |
| 1790 | U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts |
| 1788 | NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution |
| 1788 | Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists |
| 1788 | New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution |
| 1775 | 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pa takes office |
| 1775 | 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office |
| 1760 | Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezi‰ |
| 1760 | Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie |
| 1759 | French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY |
| 1758 | British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg |
| 1757 | Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland |
| 1678 | England & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France |
| 1678 | England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France |
| 1663 | France annexes Venaissin |
| 1656 | Rembrandt declares he is insolvent |
| 1588 | John Hawkins becomes a knight |
| 1579 | Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean |
| 1579 | Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean |
| 1576 | Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst |
| 1529 | Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru |
| 1524 | James I (12) becomes king of Scotland |
| 1519 | Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast |
| 1519 | Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast |
| 1499 | Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island |
| 1497 | "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork |
| 1267 | Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV |
| 811 | Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine |
These people died on July 26
| 1996 | Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94 |
| 1996 | Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 |
| 1995 | Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76 |
| 1995 | Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70 |
| 1995 | George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88 |
| 1995 | Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies |
| 1994 | Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26 |
| 1994 | Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64 |
| 1993 | Daniel Fuchs, US, screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 |
| 1993 | Matthew B Ridgway, US Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98 |
| 1992 | Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60 |
| 1992 | Mary Wells, US soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49 |
| 1990 | Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38 |
| 1987 | Joe Liggins, US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71 |
| 1986 | Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94 |
| 1984 | George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies |
| 1984 | Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78 |
| 1982 | Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54 |
| 1981 | Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1980 | Alan Hoskins, dies |
| 1977 | Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6 |
| 1977 | Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1977 | Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 |
| 1975 | Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98 |
| 1974 | Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82 |
| 1974 | Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55 |
| 1973 | Mike Burke, Pres (NY Yankees)/dir (Madison Sq Garden), dies |
| 1970 | Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81 |
| 1969 | Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81 |
| 1968 | Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies |
| 1967 | Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79 |
| 1959 | Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 |
| 1957 | Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered |
| 1956 | Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 |
| 1954 | Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 |
| 1953 | Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies |
| 1952 | Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 |
| 1948 | Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies |
| 1946 | Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies |
| 1944 | Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies |
| 1942 | Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies |
| 1941 | Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb |
| 1941 | Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies |
| 1925 | William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 |
| 1920 | Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1918 | Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies |
| 1916 | Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 |
| 1915 | James Murray, philologist, dies |
| 1910 | Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 |
| 1881 | George Borrow, writer, dies |
| 1872 | Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1863 | Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 |
| 1836 | Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1826 | Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1806 | K v G?nderode, writer, dies at 26 |
| 1801 | Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1770 | Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1728 | John Friend, physician/politician, dies |
| 1719 | Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 |
| 1712 | Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 |
| 1680 | John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies |
| 1677 | Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1630 | Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies |
| 1541 | Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima |
| 1533 | Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies |
| 1471 | Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 |
| 1342 | Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies |
| 811 | Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle |
| 796 | Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) |
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