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07/26/1945
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US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
Type: Event
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07/26/1945
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Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1945
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Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender
Type: Event
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07/26/1945
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Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM
Type: Event
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07/26/1946
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Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor (Sunderland U)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1946
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Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1946
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Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1946
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President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces
Type: Event
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07/26/1947
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Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1947
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Department of Defense forms
Type: Event
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07/26/1947
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National Security Act establishes CIA
Type: Event
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07/26/1948
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Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a NY Giant
Type: Event
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07/26/1948
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Pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces
Type: Event
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07/26/1948
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Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1948
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Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1948
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1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
Type: Event
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07/26/1948
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"Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance
Type: Event
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07/26/1949
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Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1949
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William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1949
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WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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07/26/1950
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Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
Type: Event
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07/26/1950
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Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1950
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Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1950
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KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
Type: Event
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07/26/1951
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Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1951
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William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr, NC, astro (STS 58, 74, sk: 92)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1951
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Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
Type: Event
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07/26/1952
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Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
Type: Death
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07/26/1952
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Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1952
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Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1952
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King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
Type: Event
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07/26/1952
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Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
Type: Event
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07/26/1953
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Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
Type: Event
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07/26/1953
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Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
Type: Event
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07/26/1953
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Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1954
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WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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07/26/1954
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Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1954
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Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26
Type: Death
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07/26/1954
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Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1955
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37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit
Type: Event
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07/26/1955
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Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers
Type: Event
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07/26/1955
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Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
Type: Event
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07/26/1955
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Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1956
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Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46
Type: Death
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07/26/1956
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Egypt seizes Suez Canal
Type: Event
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07/26/1956
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Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1957
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Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered
Type: Death
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07/26/1957
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Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1957
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Jeff Blatnick, Schenectady NY, wrestling (Oly-gold-1984)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1957
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Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress (Deep Space 9)
Type: Birth
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