This Day in History for 26th July (Part 2)

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Historical Events

Results 101 - 171 of 171

1955 - 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit
1955 - Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
1955 - Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers
1956 - Egypt seizes Suez Canal
1957 - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
1957 - USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
1957 - Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated
1958 - Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1960 - Italian govt of Fanfani forms
1962 - Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
1962 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
1963 - Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+
1963 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1963 - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
1964 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
1964 - Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy
1964 - Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
1964 - US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud
1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1966 - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1966 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
1967 - Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
1969 - Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
1970 - Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton
1971 - Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
1973 - Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London
1974 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 - USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
1975 - Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
1977 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1978 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1978 - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
1979 - Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record)
1981 - 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
1981 - 36th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1981 - NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
1982 - Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
1982 - Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
1983 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
1983 - Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28)
1983 - Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
1984 - Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
1984 - Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction
1984 - Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use
1986 - Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
1987 - Catfish Hunter Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
1987 - Stephen Roche wins Tour de France
1988 - Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
1990 - General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
1990 - President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act
1990 - Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game
1990 - US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
1991 - CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
1991 - Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
1991 - Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater
1992 - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 perfs
1992 - 47th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1992 - England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war
1992 - Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen
1992 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons
1992 - Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen
1993 - Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
1993 - Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km
1994 - Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13
1994 - Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
1998 - 19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif
1998 - Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
2005 - Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission - Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
2005 - Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
2005 - Samir Geagea, the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader, is released after spending 11 years in a solitary confinement. His release came after the end of the Syrian occupation to Lebanon.

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Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 224

1928 - Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician
1929 - Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948)
1929 - Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969)
1929 - Marc Lalonde, French Canadian politician
1930 - Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
1931 - A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant)
1931 - Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1933 - Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred)
1934 - Anthony Gilbert, composer
1936 - Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
1936 - Kathryn Hays, NYC, actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns)
1936 - Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998)
1938 - Keith Peters, physician
1938 - Peter Hall, diplomat
1938 - Darlene Love, American singer
1939 - J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
1940 - Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party)
1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
1940 - Dobie Gray, American singer
1940 - Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
1941 - Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
1941 - Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
1941 - Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
1942 - Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd)
1942 - Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak prime minister
1942 - Teddy Pilette, Belgian racing driver
1943 - Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone)
1943 - Peter Hyams, director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop)
1943 - Roger Smalley, composer
1944 - Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues)
1944 - Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972)
1944 - Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut
1945 - Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)
1946 - Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor (Sunderland U)
1946 - Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife)
1947 - Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire)
1948 - Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
1949 - Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
1949 - William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52)
1950 - Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
1950 - Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
1950 - Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
1950 - Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
1951 - Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd)
1951 - William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr, NC, astro (STS 58, 74, sk: 92)
1952 - Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
1952 - Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken)
1953 - Robert Phillips, classical guitarist
1954 - Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu)
1954 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987)
1955 - Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital)
1956 - Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler
1957 - Jeff Blatnick, Schenectady NY, wrestling (Oly-gold-1984)
1957 - Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress (Deep Space 9)
1957 - Wayne Desmond Grady, Brisbane Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA)
1957 - Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1957 - Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
1957 - Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer
1958 - Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80)
1958 - Angela Hewitt, Canadian classical pianist
1959 - Kevin Spacey, South Orange NJ, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow)
1959 - Rick Bragg, American writer
1960 - LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84)
1960 - Mitch Kahn, San Clemente Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1961 - Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout)
1961 - Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words)
1961 - Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away)
1961 - Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record)
1961 - Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
1961 - Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer
1962 - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
1962 - Jody Reed, Tampa FL, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1963 - Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1963 - Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas)
1964 - Jeremy Piven, NYC, actor (Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank)
1964 - Sandra Bullock, Wash DC, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War)
1964 - Anne Provoost, Belgian author (In the Shadow of the Ark)
1964 - Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
1964 - Danny Woodburn, American actor
1965 - Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns)
1965 - Jim Lindberg, American musician (Pennywise)
1967 - David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer
1967 - Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1967 - Tim Schafer, American computer game designer
1968 - Laura Leighton, Iowa City IA, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place)
1968 - Mike Mohler, Dayton OH, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1969 - Greg Colbrunn, Fontana CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder)
1969 - Marc Boutte, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1969 - Patrick Alfred Bates, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 NIKE Dakota Open)
1970 - Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 - Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler)
1971 - Neus Avila, Lerida Spain, tennis star (Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995)
1971 - Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 - Khaled Mahmud, Former Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 - Ryan Christopherson, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Sean Graham, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1972 - Tydus Winans, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Roughriders)
1973 - Jean Francois Bergeron, St Jerome Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96)