26 July
What happened today in history?
- 1469 – Battle of Edgecote Moor (Wars of the Roses).
- 1533 – Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Incas, is strangled by the Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco Pizarro.
- 1944 – First German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom.
Who was born today?
- 1856- George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer.
- 1875 – Carl Jung – Swiss psychiatrist.
- 1894 – Aldous Huxley – Englsih writer (Brave New World).
- 1943 – Mick Jagger – English singer-songwriter (The Rolling Stones).
- 1945 – Helen Mirren – English actress (The Queen).
- 1959 – Kevin Spacey – American actor (The Usual Suspects, American Beauty).
- 1964 – Sandra Bullock – American actress (Speed, Miss Congeniality).
Who died today?
- 1952 – Eva Peron – Argentine politician – the ‘First Lady of Argentina’.
