CoM Moderators Posted July 26 Posted July 26 Historical Events 1936 - International communist conference members in Prague arrange create International Brigades to help the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War 1953 - Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission in Santiago de Cuba 1963 - US Syncom 2, the first geosynchronous communications satellite, launches 1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1978 - 11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1829 - Auguste Beernaert, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1909, born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 1912) 1909 - Vivian Vance [Jones], American stage and screen actress (I Love Lucy - "Ethel Mertz"; The Lucy Show - "Viv"), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1979) 1917 - Bertil Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder and manager (15 caps; Atalanta; Olympic gold 1948), born in Hörnefors, Sweden (d. 1998) 1944 - Rimantas Stankevičius, Lithuanian cosmonaut, born in Marijampolė, Lithuania (d. 1990) 1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1728 - John Friend, physician/politician, dies 1925 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift), dies at 76 1960 - Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist known for the Michaelis–Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, dies at 81 1996 - Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, dies at 93 2012 - Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65 More Famous Deaths »
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