377 Historic Events for July 26
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| 1872 |
Death |
Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)
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| 1875 |
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Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)
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| 1876 |
Birth |
Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)
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| 1881 |
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French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
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| 1881 |
Death |
George Borrow, writer, dies
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Alexander J Kropholler, architect
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| 1882 |
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Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
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| 1885 |
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Andr‚ Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer
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| 1887 |
Event |
1st Esperanto book published
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| 1888 |
Birth |
M Jouhandeau, writer
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| 1891 |
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Henry James' "American," premieres in London
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Philipp Jarnach, composer
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist
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| 1893 |
Birth |
George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Henric van Veldeken)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Evelyn Preer, US actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Paul Gallico, NY, novelist
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| 1897 |
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37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
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