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What happened in history on this day: July 26?
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Births on July 26
- 1895 - Birth of Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen AKA Gracie Allen in San Francisco, California, USA; comedian, actor (Burns and Allen Show on radio and TV), spouse of George Burns.
- 1903 - Birth of Donald Voorhees in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader, musical director (Bell Telephone Hour on radio and TV).
- 1909 - Birth of Vivian Vance AKA Vivian Roberta Jones in Cherryvale, Kansas, USA; actress (Ethel Mertz - I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show).
- 1918 - Birth of Marjorie Lord; actress (Make Room for Daddy).
- 1922 - Birth of Blake Edwards; writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's).
- 1922 - Birth of Jason Robards Junior in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Oscar, Tony, and Emmy-winning actor (Inherit the Wind (1998), A Thousand Clowns, Act 1, Any Wednesday).
- 1922 - Birth of Marjorie Lord in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Kathy - Danny Thomas Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Louis Bellson in Rock Falls, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show).
- 1926 - Birth of James Best in Corydon, Indiana, USA; actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder, The Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1928 - Birth of Stanley Kubrick in New York City, New York, USA; director (2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove, Lolita).
- 1936 - Birth of Kathryn Hays; actress (Kim - As the World Turns).
- 1941 - Birth of Darlene Love; singer/actress (Lethal Weapon).
- 1944 - Birth of Kiel Martin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Detective John "J.D." La Rue - Hill Street Blues).
- 1945 - Birth of Linda Harrison in Berlin, Maryland, USA; actress (Bracken's World, Planet of the Apes).
- 1945 - Birth of Helen Mirren; actress (Prime Suspect).
- 1946 - Birth of Helen Mirren [Eleni Mironova] in England; actress (Cook Thief Wife).
- 1950 - Birth of Susan George in London, England; actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo, EastEnders, Tales of the Unexpected).
- 1955 - Birth of Nicholas Walker in Bogota, Colombia; actor (Capitol, Jimmy - General Hospital).
- 1959 - Birth of Kevin Spacey; actor (Wiseguy, The Murder of Mary Phagan).
- 1964 - Birth of Sandra Bullock; actress (Working Girl, George Lopez).
- 1965 - Birth of Jennifer Ashe; actress (As the World Turns).
- 1965 - Birth of Jeremy Piven; actor (Entourage, Ellen).
- 1970 - Birth of Cress Williams; actor (Close to Home).
- 1973 - Birth of Kate Beckinsale; actress (Emma, One Against the Wind).
Deaths on July 26
- 1982 - Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at age 54.
- 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.
- 2020 - Death of Dame Olivia de Havilland at age 104; British-American actress (Captain Blood (1935), Gone With the Wind (1939), To Each His Own (1947, Best Actress Oscar), The Heiress (1950, Best Actress Oscar)).
- 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)).
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