Welcome to Today In History for Friday, July 26, 2024.
On this day in history...
- 0811 - Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
- 1267 - Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV
- 1497 - "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
- 1499 - Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
- 1519 - Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast
- 1524 - James I (12) becomes king of Scotland
- 1529 - Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
- 1576 - Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst
- 1579 - Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean
- 1588 - John Hawkins becomes a knight
- 1656 - Rembrandt declares he is insolvent
- 1663 - France annexes Venaissin
- 1678 - England & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
- 1757 - Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
- 1758 - British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg
- 1759 - French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
- 1760 - Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezi‰
- 1775 - 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pa takes office
- 1788 - NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
- 1788 - Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
- 1790 - US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
- 1805 - Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
- 1822 - Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jos‚ de San Martin
- 1826 - Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
- 1832 - HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
- 1835 - 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
- 1847 - Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
- 1847 - Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
- 1848 - 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
- 1858 - Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament
- 1863 - Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender
- 1864 - -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---
- 1864 - -31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS---
- 1864 - Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
- 1865 - Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)
- 1866 - Canoe Club opens in England
- 1881 - French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
- 1882 - Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
- 1887 - 1st Esperanto book published
- 1891 - Henry James' "American," premieres in London
- 1897 - 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
- 1902 - Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
- 1908 - Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
- 1914 - Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
- 1914 - British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
- 1914 - German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
- 1915 - International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
- 1917 - J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice
- 1918 - Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed)
- 1926 - National Bar Association incorporates
- 1926 - Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence
- 1928 - Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1928 - Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
- 1933 - Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
- 1938 - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
- 1939 - Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
- 1941 - "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers
- 1941 - 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague
- 1941 - US embargo on oil-export to Japan
- 1942 - RAF bombs Hamburg
- 1942 - RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism
- 1943 - 120øF (49øC), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)
- 1943 - Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome
- 1944 - Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
- 1944 - Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
- 1944 - US offensive at St-L“/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles
- 1945 - After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM
- 1945 - Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender
- 1945 - Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum
- 1945 - US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
- 1945 - Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM
- 1946 - President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces
- 1947 - Department of Defense forms
- 1947 - National Security Act establishes CIA
- 1948 - "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance
- 1948 - 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
- 1948 - Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a NY Giant
- 1948 - Pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in armed forces
- 1949 - WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1950 - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
- 1950 - KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
- 1951 - Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
- 1952 - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
- 1952 - Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
- 1953 - Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
- 1953 - Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
- 1954 - WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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