What happened on July 26 ?

1030 - Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)

1678 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)

1782 - John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)

1802 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (d. 1855)

1829 - Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert, Belgian statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1912)

1855 - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)

1856 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)

1865 - Philipp Scheidemann, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1939)

1874 - Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)

1875 - Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)

1875 - Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)

1880 - Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1951)

1886 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)

1892 - Sad Sam Jones, baseball player (d. 1966)

1894 - Aldous Huxley, English-born author (d. 1963)

1897 - Paul Gallico, American author (d. 1976)

1903 - Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (d. 1963)

1908 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile (d. 1973)

1909 - Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)

1920 - Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983)

1921 - Jean Shepherd, American writer (d. 1999)

1922 - Blake Edwards, American film director

1922 - Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)

1923 - Hoyt Wilhelm, baseball player (d. 2002)

1926 - James Best, American actor

1928 - Francesco Cossiga, eighth President of the Italian Republic

1928 - Stanley Kubrick, American film director (d. 1999)

1931 - Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast

1939 - John Howard, twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia

1939 - Bob Lilly, American football player

1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, American aide to Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1969)

1942 - Vladimír Me?iar, Slovak president

1943 - Mick Jagger, English musician (The Rolling Stones)

1945 - Helen Mirren, English actress

1949 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Queen)

1949 - Thaksin Shinawatra-Prime Minister of Thailand

1950 - Nelinho, Brazilian football player

1956 - Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater

1957 - Nana Visitor, American actress

1959 - Rick Bragg, American writer

1959 - Kevin Spacey, American actor

1961 - Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer

1964 - Sandra Bullock, American actress

1965 - Jeremy Piven, American actor

1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer

1973 - Kate Beckinsale, British actress

1973 - Lenka ?arounová, Czech astronomer

1974 - Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player

1977 - Martin Laursen, Danish footballer

1977 - Rebecca St. James, Australian-born musician

1980 - Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum41)

1983 - Delonte West, American NBA player

1985 - Gael Clichy, French footballer

1993 - Taylor Momsen, American child actress