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June 26 Events in History - June 26 Birthdays - June 26 Deaths
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June 26, 1997 Galileo, Ganymede Observations, Orbit 9 June 26, 1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law June 26, 1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban June 26, 1995 Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed June 26, 1994 "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances June 26, 1994 "Medea" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 82 performances June 26, 1994 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Denver Colorado June 26, 1994 107 degrees F (41.6 degrees C) at Albuquerque New Mexico June 26, 1994 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas June 26, 1994 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) at Laughlin Nevada June 26, 1994 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California June 26, 1994 Actor Brandon Cruz (32) weds Elizabeth Finkelstein (26) June 26, 1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives) June 26, 1994 Donna Andrews wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic June 26, 1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader June 26, 1994 PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years June 26, 1994 U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup June 26, 1993 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV June 26, 1993 Actress Julia Roberts and country singer Lyle Lovett wed June 26, 1993 New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs June 26, 1993 Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss June 26, 1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad June 26, 1992 India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh June 26, 1992 New York City's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 June 26, 1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports June 26, 1991 "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 70 performances June 26, 1991 ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress June 26, 1991 Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss June 26, 1991 Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick June 26, 1990 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona June 26, 1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad June 26, 1990 New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall June 26, 1989 Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen June 26, 1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time June 26, 1988 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship June 26, 1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd and win 12-11 in 10 inn June 26, 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement June 26, 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested June 26, 1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4 June 26, 1984 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last" June 26, 1983 "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances June 26, 1983 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Rochester Golf International June 26, 1982 Carlos Lopes runs Europe record 10k (27:34.39) June 26, 1982 Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig June 26, 1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces June 26, 1981 "For Your Eyes Only" premieres in U.S. June 26, 1979 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final June 26, 1979 Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver June 26, 1978 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France June 26, 1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched June 26, 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn June 26, 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic June 26, 1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career June 26, 1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball June 26, 1975 Cher divorces Sonny Bono June 26, 1975 Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency June 26, 1974 Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) June 26, 1973 London production of "Grease" premieres June 26, 1972 Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng June 26, 1972 IRA proclaims resistant in North-Ireland June 26, 1971 "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City after 2329 performances June 26, 1971 Angels suspend Alex Johnson (after 5 benchings and 29 fines) June 26, 1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2 June 26, 1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions June 26, 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US June 26, 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals June 26, 1966 "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 41 performances June 26, 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational June 26, 1966 Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland June 26, 1965 Wallon party forms in Belgium June 26, 1964 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album June 26, 1964 Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine June 26, 1964 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo June 26, 1963 Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government June 26, 1963 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns commercial TV June 26, 1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) June 26, 1962 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill June 26, 1962 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0 June 26, 1962 WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting June 26, 1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain June 26, 1960 Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually June 26, 1960 Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration June 26, 1960 Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France June 26, 1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title June 26, 1959 Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway June 26, 1958 Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium June 26, 1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated June 26, 1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) June 26, 1955 Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade June 26, 1955 Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa June 26, 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open June 26, 1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4 June 26, 1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, Texas (CBS) 1st broadcast June 26, 1953 Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested June 26, 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) June 26, 1952 Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew June 26, 1950 President Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence June 26, 1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) June 26, 1948 U.S. denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin June 26, 1946 Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years June 26, 1946 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny June 26, 1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs June 26, 1945 U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in SF June 26, 1944 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line June 26, 1944 Yanks, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 and Giants-0 June 26, 1942 German assault on British at Mersa Matruh June 26, 1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia June 26, 1941 Lithuanian fascist massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno June 26, 1940 End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 June 26, 1938 Cincinnati Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader June 26, 1937 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. NZ at Lord's, scores 0 and 1 June 26, 1936 1st flight of Fw61 helicopter June 26, 1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ June 26, 1935 Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 vs. Hants June 26, 1935 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader June 26, 1935 SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam June 26, 1935 Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany June 26, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions June 26, 1934 Germany and Poland sign no-attack treaty June 26, 1934 W. E. B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP June 26, 1929 ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union) June 26, 1927 Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth June 26, 1924 After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave Dominican Republic June 26, 1924 Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway June 26, 1919 N.Y. Daily News begins publishing June 26, 1917 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I June 26, 1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game) June 26, 1915 Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace June 26, 1912 Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna June 26, 1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph, 133 kph June 26, 1910 24th U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62) June 26, 1910 Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship June 26, 1909 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61) June 26, 1909 Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London June 26, 1907 Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis June 26, 1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France) June 26, 1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII June 26, 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs" June 26, 1900 Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever June 26, 1896 1st movie theater in U.S. opens, charging 10 cents for admission June 26, 1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto June 26, 1879 Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt June 26, 1870 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens June 26, 1870 Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich June 26, 1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia June 26, 1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville Virginia (Meadow Bridge) June 26, 1862 U.S. Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope June 26, 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross June 26, 1857 Cawnpore England massacre June 26, 1848 1st pure food law enacted in U.S. June 26, 1844 U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City June 26, 1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony June 26, 1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die June 26, 1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! June 26, 1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army June 26, 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America June 26, 1714 Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement June 26, 1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde June 26, 1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter June 26, 1498 Toothbrush invented June 26, 1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III June 26, 1483 Richard III usurps English throne June 26, 1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V June 26, 1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) June 26, 684 St. Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope |