377 Historic Events for July 26
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| 1927 |
Birth |
M H W Wells, CEO (Charterhouse Japhet)
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| 1928 |
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Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa)
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| 1928 |
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Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Hans Haselbock, composer
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Stanley Kubrick, Bronx NY, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita)
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| 1928 |
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Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
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| 1931 |
Birth |
A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
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| 1933 |
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Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Anthony Gilbert, composer
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Kathryn Hays, NYC, actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns)
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| 1938 |
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1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Keith Peters, physician
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Peter Hall, diplomat
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| 1939 |
Birth |
J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
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| 1939 |
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Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
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| 1941 |
Death |
Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies
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| 1941 |
Event |
"Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers
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