This day in History - July 26

377 Historic Events for July 26
1941 Event 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague
1941 Event US embargo on oil-export to Japan
1941 Death Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
1941 Birth Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
1941 Birth Hans Gualth‚rie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1941 Birth Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
1941 Birth Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
1942 Event RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism
1942 Death Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies
1942 Birth Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd)
1942 Event RAF bombs Hamburg
1943 Event 120øF (49øC), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)
1943 Birth Roger Smalley, composer
1943 Birth Peter Hyams, director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop)
1943 Birth Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone)
1943 Event Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome
1944 Birth Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972)
1944 Birth Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues)
1944 Event US offensive at St-L“/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles
1944 Event Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
1944 Death Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies
1944 Birth Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut
1944 Event Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
1945 Event Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum
1945 Event After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM