Interesting things that happened July 26th:
Birthdays on this date:
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In 1739 George Clinton (D-R), 4th VP (1805-12)
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In 1799 Isaac Babbitt, US inventor of babbitt's metal for bearings
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In 1856 George Bernard Shaw (in Dublin, Ireland), dramatist (Nobel 1925)
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In 1875 Carl Jung, founded analytic psychology
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In 1894 Aldous Huxley, author (Brave New World)
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In 1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, president of Chile (1970-73)
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In 1920 Bob Waterfield, NFL quarterback (Rams, 1945-52)
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In 1922 Blake Edwards, movie director (10, SOB, the Pink Panther movies)
+ Jason Robards, Jr., actor (A Thousand Clowns)
+ Marjorie Lord, actor (Make Room For Daddy)
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In 1928 Stanley Kubrick, director (2001, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange)
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In 1940 Mary Jo Kopechne, former friend and auto passenger of Ted Kennedy
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In 1943 Mick Jagger, rock musician (Rolling Stones)
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In 1944 Micki King, Olympic diver (gold, 1972, 3m springboard)
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In 1945 Linda Harrison (in Berlin), musician
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In 1950 Susan George (in England), actor (Straw Dogs; Dirty Mary, Crazy
Larry)
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In 1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis player
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In 1956 Dorothy Hamill (in Connecticut), Olympic Gold medal (1976) skater
(last female gold medal winner to not do a triple jump)
Events worth noting:
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+ Delta Aquarid meteor shower, radiant in Aquarius
+ Dog Days
+ Feast of St. Anne, mother of Mary
+ Independence Day, celebrated in Liberia
+ The start of the Black-Eyed Peas Jamboree in Athens, Texas
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In 1775 Benjamin Franklin becomes first U.S. Postmaster General
(technically, Postmaster General of the Continental Congress).
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In 1788 New York became the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution.
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In 1835 First sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.
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In 1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society.
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In 1863 At Salineville, OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender.
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In 1887 First Esperanto book published.
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In 1908 Federal Bureau of Investigation established.
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In 1925 William Jennings Bryan, The Great Commoner, dies.
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In 1928 Yanks score 11 runs in the 12th beating the Tigers 12-1.
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In 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive homers.
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In 1945 Churchill resigns as Britain's prime minister.
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In 1947 President Truman signed the National Security Act; Dept. of Defense,
National Security Council, C.I.A., Joint Chiefs of Staff created.
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In 1948 First black host of a network show - CBS' Bob Howard Show.
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In 1952 Argentina's first lady Eva Peron died in Buenos Aires at 33.
+ Mickey Mantle hits his first grand slammer.
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In 1953 Fidel Castro began his revolution against the Batista regime.
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In 1956 Egypt seizes the Suez Canal.
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In 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career homer #200.
+ USSR launchs first intercontinental multi-stage ballistic missle.
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In 1958 Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV.
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In 1963 US launches Sycom 2, the first geosynchronous satellite.
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In 1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy.
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In 1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day).
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In 1967 Twins beat the Yankees 3-2 in 18 innings.
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In 1971 Apollo 15 launched to the moon.
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In 1974 USSR's Soyuz failed to dock with Salyut 3.
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In 1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth.
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In 1982 Canada's Anik D1 comsat launched by US delta rocket.
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In 1984 Soyuz T-12 is launched with a female cosmonaut.
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In 1986 Lebanese kidnappers release second hostage, Father Lawrence Jenco,
in US-Iran arms-for-hostages deal.
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In 1991 Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Sarasota, FL for
gross public indecency at an adult theater.
And remember ...
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Baked Beans Month
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Hot Dog Month
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Ice Cream Month
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National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
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