History for July 26

History for July 26 - On-This-Day.com
George Bernard Shaw 1856, Carl Jung 1875, Aldous Huxley 1894


Stanley Kubrick 1928, Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 1943, Helen Mirren 1946


1775 - A postal system was established by the 2nd Continental Congress of the United States. The first Postmaster General was Benjamin Franklin.


1908 - U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI.


1945 - Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister.


1947 - U.S. President Truman signed The National Security Act. The act created the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


1948 - U.S. President Truman signed executive orders that prohibited discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment.


1953 - Fidel Castro began his revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba. Castro eventually ousted Batista six years later.


1956 - Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.


1971 - Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy, FL.