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What happened in history on this day: July 26?
On July 26 in ...
Births on July 26
- 1874 - Birth of Serge Koussevitzky in Vishny-Volotchok, Russia; conductor (Boston Symphony).
- 1876 - Birth of Ernest Schelling in Belvidere, New Jersey, USA; composer/conductor (Victory Ball).
- 1903 - Birth of Donald Voorhees in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader, musical director (Bell Telephone Hour on radio and TV).
- 1914 - Birth of Erskine Hawkins in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; trumpeter and bandleader ("Tuxedo Junction" (1939)).
- 1924 - Birth of Louis Bellson in Rock Falls, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show).
- 1929 - Birth of Alexis Weissenberg in Sofia, Bulgaria; pianist (Levintritt-1948).
- 1941 - Birth of Bobby Hebb in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("Sunny").
- 1941 - Birth of Brenton Wood in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; rocker ("Gimme Little Sign").
- 1941 - Birth of Darlene Love; singer/actress (Lethal Weapon).
- 1942 - Birth of Dobie Gray in Brookshire, Texas, USA; singer (In Crowd).
- 1943 - Birth of Mick Jagger; rock vocalist (The Rolling Stones).
- 1949 - Birth of Roger Taylor; drummer (Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody").
- 1961 - Birth of Andy Connel; rocker (Swingout Sister - "Swingout").
- 1961 - Birth of Gary Cherone in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; heavy metal vocalist (Extreme - "More Than Words", Van Halen).
- 1963 - Birth of Andrew C Timmons in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; guitarist (Danger Danger - "Screw It").
- 1974 - Birth of Dan Konopka; drummer (OK Go).
Deaths on July 26
- 1990 - Death of Brent Mydland at age 37, found dead of a drug overdose in his California home; keyboard player (Grateful Dead - "Far From Me").
- 1992 - Death of Mary Wells at age 49 of larynx cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("My Guy" (1964)).
- 1995 - Death of Laurindo Almeida in Los Angeles at age 77; one of Brazil's greatest guitarists ("Viva Bossa Nova", five Grammy awards).
- 1998 - Death of David-Allen (Chico) Ryan at age 50 in a nursing home in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA; musician (Sha Na Na), actor (Grease).
- 2002 - Death of Norman Dale "Buddy" Baker in Sherman Oaks, California, at age 84; musician, composer for hundreds of Disney attractions, movies, TV shows, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Monkey's Uncle, named a Disney Legend in 1998.
- 2023 - Death of Sinéad O'Connor at age 56 in London, England; Irish singer-songwriter ("Nothing Compares 2 U" song (1990), Video Music Award winner (Video of the Year, 1990), Grammy Award winner (1991, refused)), actor (Virgin Mary - The Butcher Boy movie (1997)).
- 2023 - Death of Randy Meisner at age 77 from complication of chronic pulmonary disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; founding member of the Eagles.
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