June 26
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June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining.
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Events
600-1899
- 684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.
- 1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
- 1819 - The bicycle is patented.
1900-1999
- 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
- 1934 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
- 1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
- 1940 - World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and northern part of Bukovina.
- 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed.
- 1948 - The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
- 1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
- 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
- 1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
- 1974 - The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.
- 1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
- 1977 - Last concert of Elvis Presley.
- 1979 - Muhammad Ali retires.
- 1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment; the first Harry Potter book is released to the public.
2000-2099
- 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas.
Births
1600-1899
- 1653 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
- 1824 - Lord Kelvin, physicist, inventor of the Kelvin temperature scale (d. 1907)
- 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1865 - Bernard Berenson, art connoisseur (d. 1959)
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1938 (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, aircraft designer (d. 1978)
- 1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
1900-1999
- 1904 - Peter Lorre, actor (d. 1964)
- 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
- 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. 1956)
- 1912 - Jay Silverheels, actor (d. 1980)
- 1919 - Richard Neustadt, political historian
- 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)
- 1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
- 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
- 1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
- 1942 - Gilberto Gil, first Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician
- 1954 - Steve Barton, actor, singer, dancer
- 1956 - Chris Isaak, pop singer
- 1961 - Greg Lemond, cyclist
- 1968 - Rich Eisen, former ESPN SportsCenter anchor
- 1970 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
- 1973 - Gretchen Wilson, country music singer
- 1974 - Derek Jeter, baseball player
- 1980 - Jason Schwartzman, actor
- 1980 - Michael Vick, football quarterback
Deaths
300-1899
- 363 - Julian, Roman Emperor (killed in battle)
- 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru (murdered)
1900-1999
- 1922 - Albert I of Monaco
- 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
- 1958 - Andrija Štampar, physician, WHO diplomat (b. 1888)
- 1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete
- 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, architect
- 1968 - Tony Hancock, comedian
- 1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei Founder
- 1984 - Michel Foucault, post-modernist theorist (b. 1926)
- 1993 - William H. Riker, political scientist
- 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, singer
2000-2099
- 2002 - Jay Berwanger, college football player, first winner of the Heisman Trophy
- 2003 - Sir Denis Thatcher Bt., husband to Baroness Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister
- 2003 - Strom Thurmond, former US Senator
- 2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer
- 2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer
Holidays and observances
- The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
June 25 - June 27 - May 26 - July 26 -- listing of all days
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