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July 26, 1948

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Notable Births

Luboš Andršt

1948Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter (died 2021)[†]

Luboš Andršt was a Czech jazz fusion, rock, and blues guitarist, composer, producer, and guitar teacher. Known primarily for his electric rock-influenced guitar playing, he frequently played acoustic guitar on jazz fusion recordings in the 1970s. Since the late 1990s, he was best known as a key figure in the Czech blues and blues rock scene with his Luboš Andršt Blues Band, and shared the stage with a number of American blues musicians, including B.B. King.

1948Herbert Wiesinger, German figure skater[†]

Herbert Wiesinger is a German former pair skater who competed for West Germany.

Historical Events

Harry S. Truman

1948U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.[†]

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Subsequently, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan in the aftermath of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. A member of the Democratic Party, he proposed numerous New Deal coalition liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the United States Congress.