07-25-2013, 07:01 PM
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Location: Maryland
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July 26th
1856 ~ Birthday of George Bernard Shaw, Author, Playwright, awarded t he Nobel Prize in Literature 1925.
1898 ~ Birthday of Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft engineer and designer.
1928 ~ Birthday of Stanley Kubrick, Movie Director.
1943 ~ Birthday of Mick Jagger, English Musician. (Rolling Stones)
1945 ~ The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election, removing Winston Churchill from power.
1947 ~ U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act into law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.
1953 ~ Fidel Castro’s Cuban Revolution began.
1956 ~ Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
1973 ~ Birthday of Vaniity, Transsexual Porn actress.
1991 ~ Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, was arrested for allegedly masturbating at a Sarasota, Florida adult theatre.
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