June 26
June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. Events600-1899684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.1819 - The bicycle is patented.
1900-19991924 - 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.1960 - Former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".1963 - Mikhail B. KhodorkovskyCEO of YUKOS Oil Company 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.1997 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S), the first book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popularHarry Potter series, is published.
2000-20992003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas.
Births1600-18991653 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV1824 - Lord Kelvin, physicist, inventor of the Kelvin temperature scale (d. 1907)1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada1865 - 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 and Alexandra of Hesse (d. 1918)
1900-19991904 - Peter Lorre, actor (d. 1964)1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor1909 - 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 historian1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician1942 - Gilberto Gil, first Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician1945 - Dwight York, musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester1954 - Steve Barton, actor, singer, dancer1955 - Mick Jones, musician1956 - Chris Isaak, pop singer1961 - Greg Lemond, cyclist1968 - Rich Eisen, former ESPN SportsCenter anchor 1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player, commentator1970 - Chris O'Donnell, actor1973 - Gretchen Wilson, country music singer1974 - Derek Jeter, baseball player1980 - Jason Schwartzman, actor 1980 - Michael Vick, football quarterback1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader
Deaths300-1899363 - Julian, Roman Emperor (killed in battle)1541 - Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru (murdered)
1900-19991922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada1958 - Andrija Štampar, physician, WHO diplomat (b. 1888) 1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, architect1968 - Tony Hancock, comedian1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei Founder1984 - Michel Foucault, post-modernist theorist (b. 1926)1963 - Mikhail Khodorkovsky,Chairman of the Executive Board of YUKOS and CEO of YUKOS Oil Company ,Russia 1993 - William H. Riker, political scientist1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, singer
2000-20992002 - 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 footballerer2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer
Holidays and observances The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Flag Day in Romania
External links BBC: On This Day
June 25 - June 27 - May 26 - July 26 -- listing of all days
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