On This Day — June 26

🕰️ Notable Events on 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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 uncoordinated attacks. Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 2008 — A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes. Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest. Wikipedia ↗
• 2003 — The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — Pope John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima. Wikipedia ↗
• 1997 — The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état. Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish. Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Madagascar gains its independence from France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium. Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown. Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties. Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade. Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina. Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions. Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island. Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later. Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. Wikipedia ↗
• 1906 — The first Grand Prix motor racing event held. Wikipedia ↗
• 1889 — Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1886 — Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1870 — The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1857 — The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. Wikipedia ↗
• 1848 — End of the June Days Uprising in Paris. Wikipedia ↗
• 1843 — Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity". Wikipedia ↗
• 1830 — William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover. Wikipedia ↗
• 1794 — French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft. Wikipedia ↗
• 1740 — A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Wikipedia ↗
• 1723 — After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians. Wikipedia ↗
• 1718 — Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. Wikipedia ↗
• 1579 — Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins. Wikipedia ↗
• 1541 — Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1522 — Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes. Wikipedia ↗
• 1483 — Richard III becomes King of England. Wikipedia ↗
• 1460 — Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London. Wikipedia ↗
• 1409 — Western Schism: The Roman 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1407 — Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. Wikipedia ↗
• 1295 — Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms. Wikipedia ↗
• 1243 — Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ. Wikipedia ↗
• 699 — En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima. Wikipedia ↗
• 684 — Pope Benedict II chosen. Wikipedia ↗
• 363 — Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield. Wikipedia ↗
• 221 — Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. Wikipedia ↗
• Augustus adopts Tiberius. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on June 26

• 1997 — Callum Taylor, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Rudy Gobert, French basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Houssem Chemali, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Oliver Stang, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Samir Nasri, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Indila, French singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — José Juan Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Elijah Dukes, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Raymond Felton, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Jūlija Tepliha, Latvian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Deron Williams, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Michael Jackson, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Chris Shelton, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Michael Vick, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Ryō Fukuda, Japanese race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Quincy Lewis, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Terry Skiverton, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Derek Jeter, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Jason Kendall, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper and police officer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Paul Bitok, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Sean Hayes, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Chris O'Donnell, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Nick Offerman, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Mike Myers, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Inha Babakova, Ukrainian high jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Dany Boon, French actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Jürgen Reil, American drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Mark McClellan, American economist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Harriet Wheeler, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Greg LeMond, American cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Mark Durkan, Irish politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician, 31st Premier of Quebec Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Patrick Mercer, English colonel and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Gedde Watanabe, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Gennady Zyuganov, Russian colonel and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Warren Farrell, American author and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — J.J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Billy Davis Jr., American pop-soul singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Gerald North, American climatologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Reggie Workman, American bassist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Hal Greer, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Edith Pearlman, American short story writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Nancy Willard, American author and poet (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Carlo Facetti, Italian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Dwight York, American singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Milton Glaser, American illustrator and graphic designer Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Jacob Druckman, American composer and academic (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Eleanor Parker, American actress (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗

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