June, 26th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 26, 2003:
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas.

Thursday 26, 1997:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S.), the first book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.

Tuesday 26, 1979:
Muhammad Ali retires.

Sunday 26, 1977:
Last concert of Elvis Presley.

Thursday 26, 1975:
Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.

Wednesday 26, 1974:
The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.

Tuesday 26, 1973:
On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 persons were killed at an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.

Friday 26, 1964:
The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.

Wednesday 26, 1963:
John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin.

Sunday 26, 1960:
Former British Protectorate of soma British soma gains its independence

Friday 26, 1959:
The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.

Saturday 26, 1948:
The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.

Tuesday 26, 1945:
The United Nations Charter is signed.

Wednesday 26, 1940:
World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and northern part of Bukovina.

Tuesday 26, 1934:
Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

Thursday 26, 1924:
American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.

Saturday 26, 1819:
The bicycle is patented.

Friday 26, 1807:
1807 - Lightning hits a warehouse in Luxembourg,killing 230 people.

Tuesday 26, 1483:
Richard III becomes king of England.

Monday 26, 1409:
Western Schism: The 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.

Monday 26, 1284:
According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away.

Thursday 26, 684:
Benedict II becomes Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 26

2005:
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (b: June 26, 2005) (Biography of Princess Alexia of the Netherlands)

1985:
Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader (b: June 26, 1985) (Biography of Urgyen Trinley Dorje)

1980:
Jason Schwartzman, American actor (b: June 26, 1980) (Biography of Jason Schwartzman)
Michael Vick, American football player (b: June 26, 1980) (Biography of Michael Vick)

1977:
Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist (b: June 26, 1977) (Biography of Tite Kubo)

1974:
Derek Jeter, baseball player (b: June 26, 1974) (Biography of Derek Jeter)

1973:
Gretchen Wilson, American singer (b: June 26, 1973) (Biography of Gretchen Wilson)

1970:
Chris O'Donnell, American actor (b: June 26, 1970) (Biography of Chris O'Donnell)

1969:
Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead) (b: June 26, 1969) (Biography of Colin Greenwood)

1968:
Rich Eisen, sports broadcaster (b: June 26, 1968) (Biography of Rich Eisen)
Shannon Sharpe, American football player and commentator (b: June 26, 1968) (Biography of Shannon Sharpe)
Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer (b: June 26, 1968) (Biography of Paolo Maldini)

1963:
Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman (b: June 26, 1963) (Biography of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky)

1961:
Greg Lemond, American cyclist (b: June 26, 1961) (Biography of Greg Lemond)

1959:
Mark McKinney, Canadian actor (b: June 26, 1959) (Biography of Mark McKinney)

1956:
Chris Isaak, American singer (b: June 26, 1956) (Biography of Chris Isaak)

1955:
Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) (b: June 26, 1955) (Biography of Mick Jones (The Clash))

1954:
Steve Barton, American actor, singer, and dancer (b: June 26, 1954 ; d: July 21, 2001) (Biography of Steve Barton)

1945:
Dwight York, American musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, and child molester (b: June 26, 1945) (Biography of Dwight York)

1942:
Gilberto Gil, first Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, and musician (b: June 26, 1942) (Biography of Gilberto Gil)

1937:
Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 26, 1937) (Biography of Robert Coleman Richardson)

1936:
Robert Maclennan, British politician (b: June 26, 1936) (Biography of Robert Maclennan)

1934:
Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (b: June 26, 1934) (Biography of Jeremy Wolfenden)

1933:
Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b: June 26, 1933) (Biography of Claudio Abbado)

1926:
Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (b: June 26, 1926) (Biography of Frank Scott Hogg)

1925:
Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (b: June 26, 1925 ; d: January 10, 1970) (Biography of Pavel Belyayev)

1919:
Richard Neustadt, American political historian (b: June 26, 1919 ; d: October 31, 2003) (Biography of Richard Neustadt)

1912:
Jay Silverheels, American actor (b: June 26, 1912 ; d: March 5, 1980) (Biography of Jay Silverheels)

1911:
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (b: June 26, 1911 ; d: September 27, 1956) (Biography of Babe Didrikson Zaharias)

1909:
Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (b: June 26, 1909 ; d: January 21, 1997) (Biography of Colonel Tom Parker)

1906:
Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b: June 26, 1906 ; d: March 7, 1974) (Biography of Alberto Rabagliati)

1904:
Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b: June 26, 1904 ; d: March 23, 1964) (Biography of Peter Lorre)

1899:
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b: June 26, 1899 ; d: July 17, 1918) (Biography of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia)

1898:
Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (b: June 26, 1898) (Biography of Willy Messerschmitt)

1892:
Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 26, 1892 ; d: March 6, 1973) (Biography of Pearl S. Buck)

1866:
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (b: June 26, 1866 ; d: April 5, 1923) (Biography of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon)

1865:
Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b: June 26, 1865) (Biography of Bernard Berenson)

1854:
Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b: June 26, 1854) (Biography of Robert Laird Borden)

1824:
Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (b: June 26, 1824) (Biography of Lord Kelvin)

1703:
Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (b: June 26, 1703 ; d: January 7, 1767) (Biography of Thomas Clap)

1702:
Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (b: June 26, 1702 ; d: October 26, 1751) (Biography of Philip Doddridge (Nonconformist))

1694:
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b: June 26, 1694 ; d: April 29, 1768) (Biography of Georg Brandt)

1689:
Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (b: June 26, 1689 ; d: June 1, 1769) (Biography of Edward Holyoke)

1681:
Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b: June 26, 1681 ; d: December 22, 1708) (Biography of Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/26-june/births.html