June 26
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is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining.
Events
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
- 684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.
- 1284 - According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away.
- 1409 - Western Schism: The Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
- 1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
- 1723 - After a lasting siege and firing from the cannons Baku surrendered to Russians.
- 1807 - Lightning hits a warehouse in Luxembourg, killing 230 people.
- 1819 - The bicycle is patented.
- 1857 - The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- 1870 - The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
- 1934 - President Franklin D. 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 independence
- 1963 - John F. Kennedy spoke the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin.
- 1973 - On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 persons are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
- 1974 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
- 1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
- 1975 - FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler and American Indian Movement member Joseph Stuntz were killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala, South Dakota.
- 1976 - The CN Tower, the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world, was opened.
- 1977 - The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she was the first victim who was not a prostitute.
- 1978 - Air Canada Flight 189 to Winnipeg overran the runway and crashed into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers onboard died.
- 1993 - The U.S. launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
- 1996 - Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
- 1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment.
- 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas.
- 2006 - The Republic of Montenegro becomes the 192nd member of the United Nations.
Births
- 1681 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
- 1689 - Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (d. 1769)
- 1694 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (d. 1768)
- 1702 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
- 1703 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (d. 1767)
- 1819 - Abner Doubleday, Major General, United States Army and purported inventor of baseball (d. 1893)
- 1824 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)
- 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)
- 1865 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959)
- 1866 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)
- 1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
- 1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1904 - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
- 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964)
- 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (d. 1974)
- 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. 1956)
- 1912 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003)
- 1922 - Eleanor Parker, American actress
- 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)
- 1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
- 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
- 1934 - Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist and composer
- 1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
- 1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal
- 1937 - Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor
- 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 - Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
- 1942 - Gilberto Gil, singer, songwriter, and first Minister of Culture of Brazil
- 1943 - John Beasley, American actor
- 1943 - Georgie Fame, British singer
- 1945 - Dwight York, American cult leader and convicted child molester
- 1951 - Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
- 1954 - Steve Barton, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1955 - Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite)
- 1956 - Chris Isaak, American singer
- 1957 - Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)
- 1959 - Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
- 1961 - Greg Lemond, American cyclist
- 1961 - Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin) and actress
- 1962 - Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (d. 2006)
- 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
- 1968 - Rich Eisen, sports broadcaster
- 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
- 1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player and commentator
- 1969 - Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead)
- 1970 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor
- 1970 - Sean Hayes, American actor
- 1970 - Irv Gotti, American record producer
- 1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker
- 1972 - Garou, Canadian singer
- 1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer
- 1974 - Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player
- 1974 - Jason Kendall, American baseball player
- 1976 - Ed Jovanovski, NHL hockey player
- 1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player
- 1976 - Joe Landon, American pornographic actor
- 1977 - Michael Thomas Dunn, American actor and filmmaker
- 1977 - Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist
- 1980 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor
- 1980 - Michael Vick, American football player
- 1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player
- 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader
- 1990 - Ryan Ward, American actor
- 2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
Deaths
- 363 - Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 331)
- 1291 - Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
- 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru (murdered)
- 1688 - Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617)
- 1784 - Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1728)
- 1793 - Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720)
- 1810 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, inventor of the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
- 1836 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760)
- 1917 - Joseph Acton, Professional wrestler
- 1918 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
- 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
- 1939 - Ford Maddox Ford, English writer (b. 1873)
- 1943 - Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1868)
- 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
- 1956 - Clifford Brown, American Jazz trumpeter (b. 1930)
- 1957 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
- 1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
- 1958 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888)
- 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (b. 1888)
- 1967 - Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
- 1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902)
- 1984 - Michel Foucault, French literary theorist (b. 1926)
- 1993 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
- 1993 - Roy Campanella, Major League baseball player (b. 1921)
- 1996 - Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
- 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
- 2002 - Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
- 2002 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
- 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
- 2003 - Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances
- The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
- Flag Day in Romania
- Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand
- Independence Day in Madagascar
Liturgical feasts
in the Roman Catholic church- Saint Anthelmus
- Saint Babolenus
- Saint David
- Saints John and Paul
- Saint Josemaría Escrivá (d. 1975)
- Saint Vigilius
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