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June 26th, 2008 (June 26 2008) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional. | |
June 26th, 2007 (June 26 2007) | Death | Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (born in 1929) | |
June 26th, 2007 (June 26 2007) | Death | Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (born in 1914) | |
June 26th, 2007 (June 26 2007) | Death | Natasja Saad, Danish Reggae singer (born in 1974) | |
June 26th, 2005 (June 26 2005) | Birth | Princess Alexia of the Netherlands | |
June 26th, 2005 (June 26 2005) | Death | Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (born in 1943) | |
June 26th, 2004 (June 26 2004) | Death | Yash Johar, Indian film producer (born in 1929) | |
June 26th, 2004 (June 26 2004) | Death | Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer and song-writer (born in 1930) | |
June 26th, 2003 (June 26 2003) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional. | |
June 26th, 2003 (June 26 2003) | Death | Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroon footballer (born in 1975) | |
June 26th, 2003 (June 26 2003) | Death | Denver Randleman, U.S. Army Seargent (born in 1920) | |
June 26th, 2003 (June 26 2003) | Death | Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (born in 1902) | |
June 26th, 2003 (June 26 2003) | Death | Sir Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (born in 1915) | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
June 26th, 2002 (June 26 2002) | Death | Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (born in 1913) | |
June 26th, 2002 (June 26 2002) | Death | Jay Berwanger, American football player (born in 1914) | An Wang Quotes |
June 26th, 2001 (June 26 2001) | Death | Soccer (dog actor) (born in 1988) | |
June 26th, 1997 (June 26 1997) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment | |
June 26th, 1997 (June 26 1997) | Death | Israel Kamakawiwo ole, Hawaiian singer (born in 1959) | |
June 26th, 1996 (June 26 1996) | Event | Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin | |
June 26th, 1996 (June 26 1996) | Death | Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born in 1958) | |
June 26th, 1995 (June 26 1995) | Event | Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup. | |
June 26th, 1994 (June 26 1994) | Death | Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and activist (born in 1929) | |
June 26th, 1993 (June 26 1993) | Event | 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. | |
June 26th, 1993 (June 26 1993) | Death | William H. Riker, American political scientist (born in 1920) | |
June 26th, 1993 (June 26 1993) | Death | Roy Campanella, American baseball player (born in 1921) | |
June 26th, 1992 (June 26 1992) | Birth | Jennette McCurdy, American actress | |
June 26th, 1992 (June 26 1992) | Death | Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (born in 1921) | |
June 26th, 1991 (June 26 1991) | Event | Ten-Day War- the Yugoslav people s army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia. | |
June 26th, 1990 (June 26 1990) | Death | Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (born in 1909) | |
June 26th, 1987 (June 26 1987) | Birth | Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver | |
June 26th, 1987 (June 26 1987) | Birth | Samir Nasri, French footballer | |
June 26th, 1986 (June 26 1986) | Birth | Casey Desmond, American singer | |
June 26th, 1985 (June 26 1985) | Birth | Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader | |
June 26th, 1984 (June 26 1984) | Birth | Elijah Dukes, American baseball player | |
June 26th, 1984 (June 26 1984) | Birth | Raymond Felton, American basketball player | |
June 26th, 1984 (June 26 1984) | Birth | Deron Williams, American basketball player | |
June 26th, 1984 (June 26 1984) | Birth | Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player | |
June 26th, 1980 (June 26 1980) | Birth | Jason Schwartzman, American actor | |
June 26th, 1980 (June 26 1980) | Birth | Michael Vick, American football player | |
June 26th, 1980 (June 26 1980) | Birth | Chris Shelton, American baseball player | |
June 26th, 1980 (June 26 1980) | Birth | Sinik, French singer and rapper | |
June 26th, 1979 (June 26 1979) | Birth | Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player | |
June 26th, 1979 (June 26 1979) | Birth | Andy O Brien, English footballer | |
June 26th, 1979 (June 26 1979) | Birth | Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver | |
June 26th, 1978 (June 26 1978) | Event | Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish. | |
June 26th, 1978 (June 26 1978) | Birth | Alexandra, French singer, L5 s singer | |
June 26th, 1977 (June 26 1977) | Event | 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. | Stan Lee Quotes |
June 26th, 1977 (June 26 1977) | Birth | Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist | |
June 26th, 1977 (June 26 1977) | Birth | Mark Jindrak,American Professional Wrestler | |
June 26th, 1976 (June 26 1976) | Event | The CN Tower, the world s tallest free-standing structure on land, is opened. | |
June 26th, 1976 (June 26 1976) | Birth | Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 26th, 1976 (June 26 1976) | Birth | Chad Pennington, American football player | |
June 26th, 1976 (June 26 1976) | Birth | Joe Landon, American pornographic actor | |
June 26th, 1975 (June 26 1975) | Event | Indira Gandhi establishes emergency rule in India. | Indira Gandhi Quotes |
June 26th, 1975 (June 26 1975) | Event | 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. | |
June 26th, 1975 (June 26 1975) | Birth | Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist | |
June 26th, 1975 (June 26 1975) | Birth | Terry Skiverton, English football player | |
June 26th, 1975 (June 26 1975) | Death | St. Josemaria Escriva, Spanish Catholic priest (born in 1902) | |
June 26th, 1974 (June 26 1974) | Event | 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 | |
June 26th, 1974 (June 26 1974) | Birth | Matt Striker, American professional wrestler | |
June 26th, 1974 (June 26 1974) | Birth | Derek Jeter, American baseball player | |
June 26th, 1974 (June 26 1974) | Birth | Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys) | |
June 26th, 1974 (June 26 1974) | Birth | Jason Kendall, American baseball player | |
June 26th, 1974 (June 26 1974) | Birth | Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer | |
June 26th, 1973 (June 26 1973) | Event | On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket. | |
June 26th, 1973 (June 26 1973) | Birth | Gretchen Wilson, American singer | |
June 26th, 1973 (June 26 1973) | Birth | Pawel Malaszynski, Polish actor | |
June 26th, 1973 (June 26 1973) | Birth | Jussi Sydanmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi) | |
June 26th, 1972 (June 26 1972) | Birth | Garou, Canadian singer | |
June 26th, 1972 (June 26 1972) | Birth | Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper | |
June 26th, 1971 (June 26 1971) | Birth | Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer | |
June 26th, 1970 (June 26 1970) | Birth | Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker | |
June 26th, 1970 (June 26 1970) | Birth | Irv Gotti, American record producer | |
June 26th, 1970 (June 26 1970) | Birth | Sean Hayes, American actor | |
June 26th, 1970 (June 26 1970) | Birth | Matt Letscher, American actor | |
June 26th, 1970 (June 26 1970) | Birth | Chris O Donnell, American actor | |
June 26th, 1970 (June 26 1970) | Birth | Nick Offerman, American actor | |
June 26th, 1969 (June 26 1969) | Birth | Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead) | |
June 26th, 1969 (June 26 1969) | Birth | Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer | |
June 26th, 1969 (June 26 1969) | Birth | Mike Myers, American baseball player | Mike Myers Quotes |
June 26th, 1968 (June 26 1968) | Birth | Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer | |
June 26th, 1968 (June 26 1968) | Birth | Shannon Sharpe, American football player | |
June 26th, 1967 (June 26 1967) | Birth | Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer | |
June 26th, 1967 (June 26 1967) | Death | Francoise Dorleac, French actress (born in 1942) | |
June 26th, 1964 (June 26 1964) | Death | Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (born in 1889) | |
June 26th, 1964 (June 26 1964) | Death | Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (born in 1888) | |
June 26th, 1963 (June 26 1963) | Event | John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
June 26th, 1963 (June 26 1963) | Birth | Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman | |
June 26th, 1963 (June 26 1963) | Birth | Richard Garfield, American game designer | |
June 26th, 1962 (June 26 1962) | Birth | Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter and film director | |
June 26th, 1961 (June 26 1961) | Birth | Greg LeMond, American cyclist | |
June 26th, 1961 (June 26 1961) | Birth | Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin) | |
June 26th, 1961 (June 26 1961) | Birth | Manu Chao, French musician | |
June 26th, 1960 (June 26 1960) | Event | The former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence. | |
June 26th, 1960 (June 26 1960) | Birth | Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist | |
June 26th, 1959 (June 26 1959) | Event | The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America s Great Lakes to ocean-going ships. | |
June 26th, 1959 (June 26 1959) | Birth | Mark McKinney, Canadian actor | |
June 26th, 1958 (June 26 1958) | Death | George Orton, Canadian athlete (born in 1873) | |
June 26th, 1958 (June 26 1958) | Death | Andrija Stampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (born in 1888) | |
June 26th, 1957 (June 26 1957) | Birth | Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal) | |
June 26th, 1957 (June 26 1957) | Birth | Philippe Couillard, Quebec neurosurgeon and politician | |
June 26th, 1957 (June 26 1957) | Death | Alfred Doblin, German writer (born in 1878) | |
June 26th, 1956 (June 26 1956) | Birth | Chris Isaak, American singer | |
June 26th, 1956 (June 26 1956) | Death | Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (born in 1930) | |
June 26th, 1955 (June 26 1955) | Birth | Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) | |
June 26th, 1954 (June 26 1954) | Birth | Steve Barton, American actor (died in 2001) | |
June 26th, 1953 (June 26 1953) | Birth | Robert Davi, American actor | |
June 26th, 1951 (June 26 1951) | Birth | Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer | |
June 26th, 1949 (June 26 1949) | Death | Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (born in 1876) | |
June 26th, 1948 (June 26 1948) | Event | The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin. | |
June 26th, 1948 (June 26 1948) | Event | William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. | |
June 26th, 1948 (June 26 1948) | Death | Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (born in 1924) | |
June 26th, 1947 (June 26 1947) | Death | Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1870) | |
June 26th, 1946 (June 26 1946) | Death | Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (born in 1880) | |
June 26th, 1946 (June 26 1946) | Death | Max Kogel, SS officer (born in 1895) | |
June 26th, 1945 (June 26 1945) | Event | The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco. | |
June 26th, 1945 (June 26 1945) | Birth | Malachi York, Nuwaubian leader | |
June 26th, 1943 (June 26 1943) | Birth | John Beasley, American actor | |
June 26th, 1943 (June 26 1943) | Birth | Georgie Fame, British singer | |
June 26th, 1943 (June 26 1943) | Death | Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1868) | |
June 26th, 1942 (June 26 1942) | Birth | Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture | |
June 26th, 1941 (June 26 1941) | Birth | Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist | |
June 26th, 1940 (June 26 1940) | Event | 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. | |
June 26th, 1940 (June 26 1940) | Birth | Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The Fifth Dimension) | |
June 26th, 1939 (June 26 1939) | Death | Ford Madox Ford, English writer (born in 1873) | Ford Madox Ford Quotes |
June 26th, 1938 (June 26 1938) | Birth | Gerald North, American climatologist | |
June 26th, 1937 (June 26 1937) | Birth | Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor | |
June 26th, 1937 (June 26 1937) | Birth | Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
June 26th, 1936 (June 26 1936) | Event | Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. | |
June 26th, 1936 (June 26 1936) | Birth | Robert Maclennan, British politician | |
June 26th, 1936 (June 26 1936) | Birth | Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal | |
June 26th, 1934 (June 26 1934) | Event | President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions. | |
June 26th, 1934 (June 26 1934) | Birth | Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (died in 1965) | |
June 26th, 1934 (June 26 1934) | Birth | Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist | |
June 26th, 1933 (June 26 1933) | Birth | Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor | |
June 26th, 1933 (June 26 1933) | Birth | Gene Green, American baseball player (died in 1981) | |
June 26th, 1929 (June 26 1929) | Birth | Milton Glaser, American Designer | |
June 26th, 1928 (June 26 1928) | Birth | Jacob Druckman, American composer (died in 1996) | |
June 26th, 1928 (June 26 1928) | Birth | Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor | |
June 26th, 1927 (June 26 1927) | Event | The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island | |
June 26th, 1925 (June 26 1925) | Birth | Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 1970) | |
June 26th, 1924 (June 26 1924) | Event | American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic. | |
June 26th, 1924 (June 26 1924) | Birth | Costas Axelos, Greek philosopher | Philo Quotes |
June 26th, 1923 (June 26 1923) | Birth | Barbara Graham, American murderer (died in 1955) | |
June 26th, 1922 (June 26 1922) | Birth | Eleanor Parker, American actress | |
June 26th, 1922 (June 26 1922) | Death | Albert I, Prince of Monaco (born in 1848) | |
June 26th, 1921 (June 26 1921) | Birth | Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent (died in 1945) | |
June 26th, 1919 (June 26 1919) | Birth | Richard Neustadt, American political historian (died in 2003) | |
June 26th, 1918 (June 26 1918) | Event | World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau WoodAllied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. | James Wood Quotes |
June 26th, 1918 (June 26 1918) | Death | Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1843) | |
June 26th, 1917 (June 26 1917) | Event | the first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain, France, Italy, and Russia against Germany, and Austria-Hungary in World War I. | |
June 26th, 1915 (June 26 1915) | Birth | Paul Castellano, American mafia boss (died in 1985) | |
June 26th, 1915 (June 26 1915) | Birth | Charlotte Zolotow, American author | |
June 26th, 1914 (June 26 1914) | Birth | Laurie Lee, British writer (died in 1997) | |
June 26th, 1913 (June 26 1913) | Birth | Aime Cesaire, French Martinican poet and politician (died in 2008) | |
June 26th, 1911 (June 26 1911) | Birth | Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (died in 1956) | |
June 26th, 1909 (June 26 1909) | Birth | Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley s manager (died in 1997) | Elvis Presley Quotes |
June 26th, 1908 (June 26 1908) | Birth | Salvador Allende, Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (died in 1973) | |
June 26th, 1907 (June 26 1907) | Birth | Debs Garms, American baseball player (died in 1984) | |
June 26th, 1906 (June 26 1906) | Birth | Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (died in 1974) | |
June 26th, 1906 (June 26 1906) | Birth | Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (died in 2008) | |
June 26th, 1904 (June 26 1904) | Birth | Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (died in 1951) | |
June 26th, 1904 (June 26 1904) | Birth | Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (died in 1964) | |
June 26th, 1902 (June 26 1902) | Birth | Hugues Cuenod, Swiss Tenor | |
June 26th, 1899 (June 26 1899) | Birth | Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died in 1918) | |
June 26th, 1898 (June 26 1898) | Birth | Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (died in 1978) | |
June 26th, 1898 (June 26 1898) | Birth | Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (died in 1971) | |
June 26th, 1895 (June 26 1895) | Birth | George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1950) | |
June 26th, 1892 (June 26 1892) | Birth | Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1973) | Pearl Buck Quotes |
June 26th, 1880 (June 26 1880) | Birth | Natalia, Princess Brassova (died in 1952) | |
June 26th, 1878 (June 26 1878) | Death | Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (born in 1860) | |
June 26th, 1870 (June 26 1870) | Event | The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. | |
June 26th, 1869 (June 26 1869) | Birth | Martin Andersen Nexo, Danish writer (died in 1954) | |
June 26th, 1866 (June 26 1866) | Birth | George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (died in 1923) | George Herbert Quotes |
June 26th, 1865 (June 26 1865) | Birth | Bernard Berenson, American art historian (died in 1959) | |
June 26th, 1857 (June 26 1857) | Event | The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. | |
June 26th, 1854 (June 26 1854) | Birth | Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (died in 1937) | |
June 26th, 1848 (June 26 1848) | Event | End of the June Days Uprising in Paris. | |
June 26th, 1838 (June 26 1838) | Birth | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali Novelist (died in 1894) | |
June 26th, 1836 (June 26 1836) | Death | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (born in 1760) | |
June 26th, 1824 (June 26 1824) | Birth | Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (died in 1907) | Lord Kelvin Quotes |
June 26th, 1819 (June 26 1819) | Birth | Abner Doubleday, American Major General (died in 1893) | |
June 26th, 1817 (June 26 1817) | Birth | Branwell Bronte, British painter and poet (died in 1848) | Branwell Bronte Quotes |
June 26th, 1810 (June 26 1810) | Death | Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (born in 1740) | |
June 26th, 1793 (June 26 1793) | Death | Gilbert White, English ornithologist (born in 1720) | |
June 26th, 1784 (June 26 1784) | Death | Caesar Rodney, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1728) | |
June 26th, 1730 (June 26 1730) | Birth | Charles Messier, French Astronomer (died in 1817) | |
June 26th, 1723 (June 26 1723) | Event | After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians. | |
June 26th, 1718 (June 26 1718) | Event | Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great s son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. | |
June 26th, 1703 (June 26 1703) | Birth | Thomas Clap, American academic (died in 1767) | |
June 26th, 1702 (June 26 1702) | Birth | Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (died in 1751) | |
June 26th, 1694 (June 26 1694) | Birth | Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died in 1768) | |
June 26th, 1689 (June 26 1689) | Birth | Edward Holyoke, American academic (died in 1769) | |
June 26th, 1688 (June 26 1688) | Death | Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (born in 1617) | Ralph Cudworth Quotes |
June 26th, 1681 (June 26 1681) | Birth | Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (died in 1708) | |
June 26th, 1575 (June 26 1575) | Birth | Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (died in 1612) | |
June 26th, 1541 (June 26 1541) | Event | Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. | |
June 26th, 1541 (June 26 1541) | Death | Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru | |
June 26th, 1483 (June 26 1483) | Event | Richard III is crowned king of England. | |
June 26th, 1409 (June 26 1409) | Event | 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. | Alexander Pope Quotes |
June 26th, 1291 (June 26 1291) | Death | Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England | |
June 26th, 1284 (June 26 1284) | Event | According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children away from Hamelin. | |
June 26th, 0363 (June 26 0363) | Event | Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield. | Julian Quotes |
June 26th, 0363 (June 26 0363) | Death | Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (born in 331) | Julian Quotes |