Wikipedia: June 26

June 26
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June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining.

Events

684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.
1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
1819 - The bicycle is patented.
1923 - First race of the 24 hours of Le Mans
1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
1945 - The charter of the United Nations is signed.
1948 - The Western allies start an air lift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
1977 - Last concert of Elvis Presley.
1979 - Muhammad Ali retires.
1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment.

Births

1653 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
1824 - Lord Kelvin, physicist, inventor of the Kelvin scale (+ 1907)
1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada
1892 - Pearl S. Buck, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1938 (+ 1973)
1898 - Willy Messerschmidt, aircraft designer (+ 1978)
1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (+ 1918)
1904 - Peter Lorre, actor (+ 1964)
1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (+ 1997)
1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer
1912 - Jay Silverheels, actor (+ 1980)
1919 - Richard Neustadt, political historian
1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (+ 1970)
1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1985
1948 - D. Russel Micnhimer, writer Bubblonia
1956 - Chris Isaak, popsinger
1961 - Greg Lemond, cyclist
1970 - Chris O'Donell, actor

Deaths

363 - Julian, Roman Emperor (killed in battle)
1541 - Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru (murder)
1922 - Albert I of Monaco
1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
1958 - Andrija Štampar, physician, WHO

diplomat (b. 1888)

1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete
1968 - Tony Hancock, comedian
1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei Founder
1993 - William H. Riker, political scientist
1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, singer
2003 - Sir Denis Thatcher Bt, husband to Baroness Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister
2003 - Strom Thurmond, former US Senator
2003 - Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroonian footballerer

Holidays and observances

The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

See Also:

June 25 - June 27 - May 26 - July 26 -- listing of all days

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