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June 26th, 2008 (June 26 2008)EventThe 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, 1978 (June 26 1978)EventAir 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)BirthAlexandra, French singer, L5 s singer
June 26th, 1968 (June 26 1968)BirthPaolo Maldini, Italian footballer
June 26th, 1968 (June 26 1968)BirthShannon Sharpe, American football player
June 26th, 1958 (June 26 1958)DeathGeorge Orton, Canadian athlete (born in 1873)
June 26th, 1958 (June 26 1958)DeathAndrija Stampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (born in 1888)
June 26th, 1948 (June 26 1948)EventThe Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
June 26th, 1948 (June 26 1948)EventWilliam Shockley filed the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
June 26th, 1948 (June 26 1948)DeathLilian Velez, Filipino actress (born in 1924)
June 26th, 1938 (June 26 1938)BirthGerald North, American climatologist
June 26th, 1928 (June 26 1928)BirthJacob Druckman, American composer (died in 1996)
June 26th, 1928 (June 26 1928)BirthYoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
June 26th, 1918 (June 26 1918)EventWorld 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)DeathPeter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1843)
June 26th, 1908 (June 26 1908)BirthSalvador Allende, Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (died in 1973)
June 26th, 1898 (June 26 1898)BirthWilly Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (died in 1978)
June 26th, 1898 (June 26 1898)BirthChesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (died in 1971)
June 26th, 1878 (June 26 1878)DeathMercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (born in 1860)
June 26th, 1848 (June 26 1848)EventEnd of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
June 26th, 1838 (June 26 1838)BirthBankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali Novelist (died in 1894)
June 26th, 1718 (June 26 1718)EventTsarevich 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, 1688 (June 26 1688)DeathRalph Cudworth, English philosopher (born in 1617)Ralph Cudworth Quotes

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