World War 1 and 2

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

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1 Events

Events

1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
1934 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
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.
1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed.
1948 - The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
1960 - Former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence
1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
1963 - Mikhail B. KhodorkovskyCEO of YUKOS Oil Company
1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
1974 - The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.
1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
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.
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 popularHarry Potter series, is published.

2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas.

1904 - Peter Lorre, actor (d. 1964)
1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. 1956)
1912 - Jay Silverheels, actor (d. 1980)
1919 - Richard Neustadt, political historian
1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)
1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
1942 - Gilberto Gil, first Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician
1945 - Dwight York, musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester
1954 - Steve Barton, actor, singer, dancer
1955 - Mick Jones, musician
1956 - Chris Isaak, pop singer
1961 - Greg Lemond, cyclist
1968 - Rich Eisen , former ESPN SportsCenter anchor
1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player, commentator
1970 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
1973 - Gretchen Wilson, country music singer
1974 - Derek Jeter, baseball player
1980 - Jason Schwartzman, actor
1980 - Michael Vick, football quarterback
1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader