377 Historic Events for July 26
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian and Roman art)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
John Bleifer, Zawiercie Poland, actor (Highway to Heaven)
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| 1902 |
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Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Jack Allan Westrup, composer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Armando Jose Fernandes, composer
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Gioconda de Vito, violinist
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932)
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| 1908 |
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Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress (Dijntje and Trijntje)
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| 1910 |
Death |
Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Derek Riches, diplomat
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Vivian Vance, comic sidekick
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| 1914 |
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German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter
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| 1914 |
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British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
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| 1914 |
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Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
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| 1915 |
Death |
James Murray, philologist, dies
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| 1915 |
Event |
International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
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| 1916 |
Death |
Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Richard Desborough Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948)
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