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What happend on 26. June in History
In our data base we found 316 events happened on 26. June:
• 221: Roman Emperor mordecai adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. [category: Events]
• 363: Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 332) [category: Deaths]
• 363: Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
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• 1501: Cho Shik, Korean scholar, politician, educator, and poet (d. 1572) [category: Births]
• 1541: Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru [category: Deaths]
• 1541: 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. [category: Events]
• 1575: Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612) [category: Births]
• 1582: Johannes Schultz, German composer (d. 1653) [category: Births]
• 1681: Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708) [category: Births]
• 1685: Antonio Bernacchi, Italian castrato and composer (d. 1756) [category: Births]
• 1688: Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: Edward Holyoke, American clergyman, 9th President of Harvard University (d. 1769) [category: Births]
• 1694: Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1702: Philip Doddridge, English religious leader, educator, and hymnwriter (d. 1751) [category: Births]
• 1703: Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767) [category: Births]
• 1718: Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. [category: Events]
• 1723: After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians. [category: Events]
• 1730: Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. 1817) [category: Births]
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• 1740: A combined force 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. [category: Events]
• 1784: Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Johannes Jährig, German linguist (b. 1747) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1810: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: Branwell Bronte, English painter and poet (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1819: Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1821: Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine historian and politician (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1824: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish physicist and engineer (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1835: Thomas W. Knox, American author (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1836: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian writer (d.1894) [category: Births]
• 1839: Sam Watkins, American soldier and author (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1848: End of the June Days Uprising in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1854: Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1856: Max Stirner, German philosopher (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. [category: Events]
• 1865: Bernard Berenson, American historian (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1866: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1869: Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1870: The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1875: Oskar Goßler, German rower (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1878: Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1881: Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli poet (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1885: Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1886: Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1892: Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1895: George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1898: Chesty Puller, American military officer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1898: Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1899: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1901: Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1902: Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1903: Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1904: Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1904: Peter Lorre, Hungarian actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1905: Lynd Ward, American artist and storyteller (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (Lecuona Cuban Boys) (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1906: Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1907: Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1907: The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi. [category: Events]
• 1909: Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1909: Wolfgang Reitherman, American animator (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1909: The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. [category: Events]
• 1911: Babe Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1913: Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1913: Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1914: Kathryn Johnston, American police shooting victim (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1914: Laurie Lee, English writer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1915: Charlotte Zolotow, American author [category: Births]
• 1915: Paul Castellano, American mobster (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1916: Giuseppe Taddei, Italian opera singer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1917: The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain and France against Germany in World War I. [category: Events]
• 1918: Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. [category: Events]
• 1919: Richard Neustadt, American historian (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1922: Eleanor Parker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1922: Walter Farley, American author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1922: Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1924: Kostas Axelos, Greek philosopher (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic. [category: Events]
• 1925: Pavel Belyayev, Soviet pilot (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island. [category: Events]
• 1928: Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1928: Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor [category: Births]
• 1929: Milton Glaser, American graphic designer [category: Births]
• 1931: Colin Wilson, English writer [category: Births]
• 1933: Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor [category: Births]
• 1933: Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1934: Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1934: Jeremy Wolfenden, English journalist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions. [category: Events]
• 1935: Dwight York, American singer, writer, and criminal (Passion) [category: Births]
• 1936: Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian archbishop [category: Births]
• 1936: Nancy Willard, American author, poet, and novelist [category: Births]
• 1936: Robert Maclennan, English politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. [category: Events]
• 1937: Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1937: Sombat Metanee, Thai actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The 5th Dimension) [category: Births]
• 1938: Gerald North, American educator [category: Births]
• 1938: Neil Abercrombie, American politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii [category: Births]
• 1938: Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: James Weldon Johnson, American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Ford Madox Ford, English writer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Vyacheslav Ionov, Russian sprinter (b. 2012) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1941: Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. [category: Events]
• 1942: Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician [category: Births]
• 1942: James J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager [category: Births]
• 1942: The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat. [category: Events]
• 1943: Georgie Fame, English singer and pianist (Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings) [category: Births]
• 1943: John Beasley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Warren Farrell, American author [category: Births]
• 1943: Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Wolfgang Weber, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, ends with the defeat of the Polish resistance forces. [category: Events]
• 1945: Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1946: Per Eklund, Swedish World Rally driver, and European Rallycross Champion (1999) [category: Births]
• 1946: Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese diplomat (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine. [category: Events]
• 1948: The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1948: William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. [category: Events]
• 1949: Kim Gu, Korean politician and educator, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Sahajanand Saraswati, Indian polymath, historian, philosopher, and writer (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1951: Pamela Bellwood, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties. [category: Events]
• 1953: Robert Davi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Lavrentiy Beria,head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo. [category: Events]
• 1954: Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1955: Dick Mol, Dutch paleonthologist [category: Births]
• 1955: Gedde Watanabe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, General Public, Carbon/Silicon, and London SS) [category: Births]
• 1955: Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer, designer, and inventor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown. [category: Events]
• 1956: Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Clifford Brown, American trumpeter and composer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter (Scandal) [category: Births]
• 1957: Philippe Couillard, Canadian surgeon and politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and diplomat (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: George Orton, Canadian runner (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Mark McKinney, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships. [category: Events]
• 1960: Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1960: Madagascar gains its independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1960: The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland. [category: Events]
• 1961: Greg LeMond, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1961: Terri Nunn, American singer and actress (Berlin) [category: Births]
• 1962: Jerome Kersey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter, producer, and director [category: Births]
• 1962: Émile Wegelin, French rower (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Harriet Wheeler, English singer (The Sundays) [category: Births]
• 1963: Mark McClellan, American politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman [category: Births]
• 1963: Richard Garfield, American game designer, created Magic: The Gathering [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1964: Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect and designer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman and coach (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Dany Boon, French director, actor, and writer [category: Births]
• 1966: Jürgen Reil, American drummer (Kreator) [category: Births]
• 1966: Yūko Minaguchi, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer [category: Births]
• 1967: Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Isshin Chiba, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Shannon Sharpe, American football player [category: Births]
• 1969: Colin Greenwood, English musician and composer (Radiohead) [category: Births]
• 1969: Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1969: Mike Myers, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1970: Chris O'Donnell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded The Inc. Records [category: Births]
• 1970: Matt Letscher, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Nick Offerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Sean Hayes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Takeshi Konomi, Japanese artist [category: Births]
• 1971: Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1972: Asako Tajimi, Japanese volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Garou, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1972: Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper [category: Births]
• 1973: Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1973: Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lordi) [category: Births]
• 1973: Parry Shen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Rebecca Budig, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: At Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket. [category: Events]
• 1974: Derek Jeter, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Jason Craig, American artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Jason Kendall, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys) [category: Births]
• 1974: Matt Striker, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress (The 4 Cats) [category: Births]
• 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 [category: Events]
• 1975: Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: KJ-52, American rapper (Sons of Intellect and Peace of Mind) [category: Births]
• 1975: Terry Skiverton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1976: Chad Pennington, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Florian Kehrmann, German handball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Mark Jindrak, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1977: Quincy Lewis, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Tite Kubo, Japanese artist [category: Births]
• 1977: The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute. [category: Events]
• 1978: Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish. [category: Events]
• 1979: Brandi Burkhardt, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (OneRepublic) [category: Births]
• 1979: Ryo Fukuda, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris Shelton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jason Schwartzman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Michael Vick, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sinik, French singer and rapper [category: Births]
• 1980: Miriam Daly, Irish activist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Andrea Gibbs, Australian comedienne, actress and radio presenter. [category: Births]
• 1981: Damien Sargue, French singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Kanako Kondō, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Vinícius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Aubrey Plaza, American comedian, writer and actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Deron Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Elijah Dukes, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Gabrielle Walcott, Spanish model, Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe 2011 [category: Births]
• 1984: Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Raymond Felton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama [category: Births]
• 1986: Xisco, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1987: Samir Nasri, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Amanda Marchant, English singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Masakazu Tashiro, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Oliver Stang, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Rina Nakanishi, Japanese model and singer (AKB48) [category: Births]
• 1988: Sam Marchant, English singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Houssem Chemali, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Ten-Day War: the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia. [category: Events]
• 1992: Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Ariana Grande, American actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1993: Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: William H. Riker, American scientist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1994: Leonard Carow, German actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and activist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Reema Major, Sudanese-Canadian rapper and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1995: Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup. [category: Events]
• 1996: Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin [category: Events]
• 1997: Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, American singer-songwriter and musician (Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. [category: Events]
• 2001: Soccer, American dog actor (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Arnold Brown, English-Canadian 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Denis Thatcher, English businessman, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Denver Randleman, American sergeant (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Strom Thurmond, American politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional. [category: Events]
• 2004: Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Princess Alexia of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 2005: Richard Whiteley, English game show host (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest. [category: Events]
• 2007: Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian politician, President of Lithuania (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Sergio Vega, Mexican singer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ann Curtis, American swimmer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Daniel Batman, Australian sprinter (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Doris Singleton, American actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Juan Dyrzka, Argentine hurdler (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mario O'Hara, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and writer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pat Cummings, American basketball player (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Risley C. Triche, American attorney and politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anthelm of Belley [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Army and Navy Day (Azerbaijan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hermogius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Madagascar from France in 1960 [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John and Paul [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Josemaría Escrivá [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mar Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vigilius of Trent [category: Holidays and observances]