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June 26 Deaths in History - June 26 Birthdays - June 26 Events
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June 26, 2003 Strom Thurmond, politician, South Carolina senator for a very long time, dies at 100 June 26, 1996 Veronica Guerin, journalist, dies at 36 June 26, 1994 A "Bob" den Doolaard, author (Inn with the horseshoe), dies at 93 June 26, 1994 Ian Board, barkeeper, dies at 64 June 26, 1994 Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist, dies at 65 June 26, 1994 Roelof Kiers, VPRO-programmer/director (Macchiavelli), dies at 56 June 26, 1994 Thomas henry Wait Armstrong, organist, dies at 96 June 26, 1993 Catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82 June 26, 1993 Jack Bittner, entertainer, dies June 26, 1993 Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71 June 26, 1993 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81 June 26, 1992 Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies June 26, 1992 Phil Rubenstein, U.S., actor (Tango and Cash, Robocop), dies June 26, 1991 Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80 June 26, 1991 Paul Andor, actor (Mad Lover, Enemy of Women), dies June 26, 1990 Mary Ward, [Myra Syrier], actress (Playing for Keeps), dies June 26, 1989 Walter Martin, American Clergyman June 26, 1988 Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian June 26, 1984 Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69 June 26, 1984 George H Gallup, pollster (Gallup Poll), dies at 82 June 26, 1984 Michel Foucault, English Historian June 26, 1983 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82 June 26, 1982 Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies June 26, 1982 Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies June 26, 1982 Charles Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71 June 26, 1982 Sandy Powell, costume designer, dies at 82 June 26, 1981 Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies June 26, 1979 Charles Clore, financier, dies June 26, 1978 Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed June 26, 1977 Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 June 26, 1977 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75 June 26, 1975 Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer Albas, founder (Opus Dei), dies at 73 June 26, 1973 Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59 June 26, 1973 Ernest Truex, actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday), dies at 82 June 26, 1972 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 June 26, 1971 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91 June 26, 1971 Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies June 26, 1971 Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88 June 26, 1967 Francoise Dorleac, actress (That Man From Rio), dies at 35 June 26, 1965 Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82 June 26, 1965 Reginald Beckwith, actor and writer (39 Steps, Dr. in Love), dies at 56 June 26, 1963 Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies June 26, 1961 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies June 26, 1961 Kenneth F Fearing, U.S., poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 June 26, 1960 John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70 June 26, 1958 Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93 June 26, 1956 Clifford Brown, U.S. jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25 June 26, 1945 Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, composer, dies at 72 June 26, 1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 June 26, 1942 Titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch RC priest (Dachau), dies June 26, 1939 Ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65 June 26, 1938 James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67 June 26, 1938 E. V. Lucas, English Writer June 26, 1937 Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82 June 26, 1926 Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies June 26, 1922 Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73 June 26, 1906 Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76 June 26, 1896 Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 June 26, 1863 Andrew Hull Foote, U.S. Union lt admiral, dies June 26, 1856 Max Stirner, German Philosopher June 26, 1836 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies June 26, 1827 Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies June 26, 1827 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73 June 26, 1819 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71 June 26, 1819 Slome Duikelar, [Abraham J Swalff], Yiddish writer, dies June 26, 1798 Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56 June 26, 1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies June 26, 1793 Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author June 26, 1778 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 June 26, 1688 Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (Intellectual system), dies at 70? June 26, 1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies June 26, 1666 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies June 26, 1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 June 26, 1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 June 26, 1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian Admiral (Armada), dies June 26, 1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima June 26, 363 Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies |