Public Holidays on June 26

• 🌍 Muharram (estimated) (India)

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On This Day in History — June 26

• 2015 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2015 — Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these...
• 2013 — Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
• 2013 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2012 — The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• 2008 — A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.

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Notable Births on June 26

• 1997 — Callum Taylor, English cricketer
• 1994 — Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower
• 1993 — Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1992 — Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
• 1992 — Rudy Gobert, French basketball player
• 1991 — Houssem Chemali, French footballer

Notable Deaths on June 26

• 2015 — Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952)
• 2014 — Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)
• 2014 — Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)
• 2014 — Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)

Public Holidays on June 27

• 🌍 Journalists' Day (Venezuela)

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On This Day in History — June 27

• 2015 — A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care.
• 2014 — At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 2013 — NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
• 2008 — In a highly scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
• 2007 — Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
• 2007 — The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

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Notable Births on June 27

• 1996 — Lauren Jauregui, Cuban-American singer
• 1994 — Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
• 1993 — Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
• 1992 — Karthika Nair, Indian film actress
• 1989 — Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
• 1989 — Matthew Lewis, English actor

Notable Deaths on June 27

• 2016 — Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948)
• 2014 — Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)
• 2014 — Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)