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07/26/1899
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Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian and Roman art)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1899
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Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1901
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John Bleifer, Zawiercie Poland, actor (Highway to Heaven)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1902
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Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
Type: Event
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07/26/1902
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Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1903
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Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1904
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Jack Allan Westrup, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1906
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Armando Jose Fernandes, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1907
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Gioconda de Vito, violinist
Type: Birth
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07/26/1907
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Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1908
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Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
Type: Event
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07/26/1908
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Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1909
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Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress (Dijntje and Trijntje)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1910
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Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
Type: Death
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07/26/1912
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Derek Riches, diplomat
Type: Birth
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07/26/1913
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Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1913
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Vivian Vance, comic sidekick
Type: Birth
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07/26/1914
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German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
Type: Event
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07/26/1914
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Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter
Type: Birth
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07/26/1914
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British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
Type: Event
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07/26/1914
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Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
Type: Event
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07/26/1915
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James Murray, philologist, dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1915
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International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
Type: Event
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07/26/1916
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Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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07/26/1917
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Richard Desborough Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1917
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J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice
Type: Event
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07/26/1917
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Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1918
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Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed)
Type: Event
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07/26/1918
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Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1919
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James Lovelock, scientist
Type: Birth
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07/26/1919
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Kenneth Snowman, antiquarian
Type: Birth
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07/26/1920
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Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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07/26/1920
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Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1922
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Jason Robards Jr, Chicago, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1922
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Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1922
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Frank Price, CEO (British Waterways Board)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1922
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Andrzej Koszewski, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1922
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Blake Edwards, OK, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1923
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Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1923
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[James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher (Orioles)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1924
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Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant
Type: Birth
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07/26/1924
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Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1924
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John Kilgour, director of prison medical services (Home Office)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1925
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William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65
Type: Death
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07/26/1926
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Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence
Type: Event
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07/26/1926
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National Bar Association incorporates
Type: Event
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07/26/1926
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Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1926
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Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1926
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James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1927
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G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India)
Type: Birth
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