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Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal
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Liberian independence proclaimed
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Van McCoy s The Hustle is the 1 song in America
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U S postal system established
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United States freezes Japanese assets
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Stanislaus of Szczepanw St. Stanislaw born in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Poland (d. 1079)
Ferdinand II King of Naples (1495-96) born in Naples (d. 1496)
Joseph I Habsburg German king and Roman Catholic emperor (1705-11) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1711)
Johann Samuel Endler German composer born in Olbernhau Germany (d. 1762)
George Clinton American soldier and 4th Vice President (1805-12) born in Little Britain New York (d. 1812)
John Field Irish pianist and composer (Nocturnes) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1837)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart Austrian composer and 6th child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Vienna Austria (d. 1844)
Johan Georg Forchhammer Danish geologist born in Husum Denmark (d. 1865)
George Catlin American author and painter (American Indian scenes) born in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania (d. 1872)
Isaac Babbitt American goldsmith who invented babbitts metal for bearings born in Taunton Massachusetts (d. 1862)
John Drake Sloat 1st Military Governor of California (Union Navy) born in Sloatsburg New York (d. 1867)
Winthrop Mackworth Praed English politician and poet born in London England (d. 1839)
Mariano Arista President of Mexico (1851-53) born in San Luis Potos Mexico (d. 1855)
Constantino Brumidi Greek-Italian-American historical artist (Myrtle Murdock) born in Rome (d. 1880)
Isaac Baumann Jewish pioneer and trader in Bloemfontein South Africa born in Kassel Hesse Germany (d. 1881)
John Marshall Jones American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Charlottesville Virginia (d. 1864)
Auguste Beernaert 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1909 born in Ostend Belgium (d. 1912)
Alfred Marshall English economist (Principles of Economics) born in London England (d. 1924)
Texas Jack Omohundro American frontier scout actor and cowboy born in Palmyra Virginia (d. 1880)
Ferdinand Tnnies German sociologist and philosopher born in Oldenswort Germany (d. 1936)
Tommy Garrett Australian cricketer (original Australian Test player) born in Wollongong Australia (d. 1943)
Philippe J Bunau-Varilla French engineer (Colombia-Panama) born in Paris (d. 1940)
Jzeps Vtols Latvian composer born in Valmiera Russian Empire (d. 1948)
Paul Walden Latvian chemist (Walden inversion room-temperature ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate) born in Rozulas Governorate of Livonia Russian Empire (d. 1957)
Philipp Scheidemann German politcian (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel born in Kassel Germany (d. 1939)
George Louis Beer American historian (authority on British colonies) born in Staten Island New York (d. 1920)
Serge Koussevitzky Russian-American conductor (Boston Symphony) born in Vyshny Volochyok Russia (d. 1951)
Antonio Machado Spanish poet (Campos de Castilla) born in Seville Spain (d. 1939)
Ernest Schelling American composer and conductor (Victory Ball) born in Belvidere New Jersey (d. 1939)
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Ukrainian politician and statesman born in Yelisavetgrad Russian Empire (d. 1951)
Alexander J. Kropholler Dutch architect and writer born in Amsterdam (d. 1973)
James Cecil Parke Irish tennis rugby player (Australasian Cship 1912 Ireland rugby 20 caps) born in Clones Ireland (d. 1946)
Andre Maurois [Emile Herzog] French writer (Balzac) born in Elbeuf France (d. 1967)
Jul 26 1469 Wars of the Roses Battle of Edgecote Moor - Pitting the forces of Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick against those of King Edward IV
Jul 26 1497 Edward IVs son Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
Jul 26 1499 Spanish conquistador Alonso de Ojeda discovers Curacao Island