July 26th
189 Notable deaths
Mick Mannock
British world war i flying ace (1887-1918).
Died July 26th, 1918 at 31 years old in Béthune.
Titus Brandsma
Dutch carmelite friar, catholic priest, professor of philosophy and saint (1881–1942).
Born February 23rd, 1881 in Bolsward.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 61 years old in Dachau concentration camp (lethal injection).
Fazlur Rahman Malik
Pakistani philosopher (1919–1988).
Born September 21st, 1919 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1988 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Jacques Hamel
French catholic priest, martyr and servant of god.
Born November 30th, 1930 in Darnétal. [ref]
Died July 26th, 2016 at 85 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. [ref]
Tawfiq al-Hakim
Egyptian writer (1898-1987).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1987 at 88 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Maud Menten
Canadian physician and chemist.
Born March 26th, 1879 in Port Lambton, Ontario. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1960 at 81 years old in Ontario.
Mykola Melnyk
Hero of the soviet union (1953–2013).
Born December 17th, 1953 in Stavyshche.
Died July 26th, 2013 at 59 years old in Alacant (leukemia).
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer (1917-1995).
Born September 2nd, 1917 in São Paulo. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1995 at 77 years old in Los Angeles, Van Nuys (cancer). [ref]
Allen Hoskins
Actor (1920-1980).
Born August 9th, 1920 in Boston.
Died July 26th, 1980 at 59 years old in California (cancer).
June Mathis
American screenwriter, producer and film studio executive (1887-1927).
Born January 30th, 1887 in Leadville. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1927 at 40 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 189
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner