26 July 2026
► EVENTS ON THIS DATE, 26 JULY;
On this day in 1941, in Washington D.C., U.S.A. – U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt ordered the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States, in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China.
1950, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – The Federal Government announced that Australia would send troops to fight in the Korean War. The first Australian forces arrived in Korea on September 17
1966, Lenah Valley, Tasmania – A small dog was rescued from an abandoned, 10 metre mine shaft by an officer from the New Town police station. The mineshaft, which was located behind the local electricity sub-station, was later filled in.
► ARRIVALS ON THIS DATE
1895, Jane Bunford, in Northfield, Birmingham, England. A childhood accident, which damaged her pituitary gland, caused it to release excessive growth hormone. When she died in 1922 at the age of 26, she was the tallest-ever person in the United Kingdom, at 2.1 metres, or 7 ft 11 in. For the next 60 years she also held the record for being the tallest woman in medical history.
Her funeral and burial were held just after her death, but it was discovered 50 years later, that her skeleton was on display at a Birmingham university. It is not known whether her body had been sold or stolen in 1922, but the university was required to release her remains in 2005, for burial in an unmarked grave.
► DEPARTURES ON THIS DATE
1952, Eva Peron, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 33. The second wife of Argentine President Juan Peron and First Lady of Argentina from 1946, she had been active within the trade union movement.
She founded the charitable Eva Peron Foundation, championed womens’ suffrage, and founded and ran the nation’s first large female political party, the Peronist Party. She remains part of her country’s culture, particularly as the subject of the musical Evita..
2023, Sinead O’Connor, in Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland, aged 56. She was a singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and The Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song Nothing Compares To You.
Today’s Photo: Constable Snowy White reporting for duty, Canterbury, New Zealand. (From Canterbury Police FB page.)
Today’s Playlist :
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | LAST PLAYED |
| Nancy Su & Brandie Blue – Highway Lady | 2026 | 06:06 | – |
| Ray Malcolm – I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine | 2026 | 06:12 | 24/7/2026 |
| Cam Corderoy & Charlotte – Too Little Too Late | 2026 | 06:14 | 17/7/2026 |
| Vintage Vinyl + Bobby Freeman – Do You Wanna Dance | 1958 | 06:20 | 23/1/2026 |
| + Anthony Perkins – The Prettiest Girl In School | 1958 | 06:24 | 20/7/2025- |
| Pete O’Brien – Fall In Love With You | 2026 | 06:27 | 12/7/2026 |
| Wayne & Geraldi – Everything Happens To Me | 06:32 | – | |
| Ray Lani – It’s All Because Of You | 2026 | 06:37 | – |
| Bobby Hebb – Sunny Robert Von Hebb alias Bobby Hebb, was born on this day in 1941 in Nashville Tennessee, U.S.A. He died in 2010. | 1966 | 06:41 | 26/7/2024 |
| For A Listener: Sammy Davis Jr – The Rhythm Of Life | 06:46 | 8/12/2024 | |
| Jason McCahill – Bonaparte’s Retreat | 2024 | 06:51 | 17/1/2025 |
| Brenton Wood – Gimme A Little Sign Alfred Jesse Smith alias Brenton Wood, was born on this day in 1941 in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A. He died in 2025. | 1967 | 06:55 | 26/7/2024 |
| Tornados – Hot Pot | 06:58 | 21/8/2015 | |
| Shelly Jones Band – She’s All I Got | 2026 | 07:05 | 12/7/2026 |
| Cara McGillion – A Good Ol’ Country Song | 2026 | 07:11 | 3/7/2026 |
| Slim Dusty – Spending My Life In The Sun | 07:14 | – | |
| For A Listener: Jim Reeves – Am I That Easy To Forget | 1973 | 07:19 | 7/12/2025 |
| Vintage Vinyl + Jubalaires – The Old Piano Roll Blues | 1955 | 07:22 | 29/1/2021 |
| + Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye & Tony Alamo & Kaydets – Harbour Lights | 1955 | 07:25 | 2/6/2017 |
| Royal Australian Navy Band – Song of Australia | 07:29 | 18/1/2026 | |
| European Show Band – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | 07:33 | – | |
| Sinead O’Connor – Don’t Cry for Me Argentina Sinead O’Connor, died on this day in 2023, Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland, aged 56. | 07:38 | 8/12/2017 | |
| Vic Damone – Let’s Fall In Love | 07:43 | 10/7/2026 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Hollies – Bus Stop | 1966 | 07:47 | 24/7/2026 |
| + Georgie Fame – Getaway | 1966 | 07:50 | 24/7/2026 |
| Kelly Winning & Burra McHughes – The River of Gold | 2026 | 07:54 | – |
| No Promises – Wildside | 2026 | 08:05 | 10/7/2026 |
| COMFORT ZONE + Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Sunday | 08:11 | 12/11/2023 | |
| + Vic Damone & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – A Day In The Life Of A Fool | 08:14 | 12/6/2026 | |
| Penny Jayne Black – What You Do To Me | 2026 | 08:20 | 19/7/2026 |
| Braddie Music (The Charlesys) – Get the Stretcher Out | 2026 | 08:25 | 24/7/2026 |
| Ray Davis & His Button Down Brass – The Mexican Shuffle | 2026 | 08:33 | 7/1/2024 |
| For A Listener: Gene Watson – This Song Is Just For You | 08:36 | 5/7/2026 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Matt Monro – Born Free | 1966 | 08:39 | 20/8/2021 |
| + Johnny Young – Step Back | 1966 | 08:42 | 24/7/2026 |
| Joy Adams – Girl You’re Getting Old | 2026 | 08:45 | 12/7/2026 |
| Penny Burke – When I Look At You | 2026 | 08:48 | – |
| Warren Kearney & Peggy Nora – We Don’t Talk Anymore | 08:53 | 28/6/2026 |