June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1824 - Lord Kelvin, physicist, inventor of the Kelvin scale (+ 1907)
- 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1938 (+ 1973)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmidt[?], aircraft designer (+ 1978)
- 1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova[?], daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (+ 1918)
- 1904 - Peter Lorre, actor (+ 1964)
- 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker[?], Elvis Presley's manager (+ 1997)
- 1912 - Jay Silverheels, actor (+ 1980)
- 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (+ 1970)
- 1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
- 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing[?], physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1985
- 1948 - D. Russel Micnhimer[?], writer Bubblonia[?]
- 1956 - Chris Isaak, popsinger
- 1961 - Greg Lemond[?], cyclist
- 1970 - Chris O'Donell[?], actor
Deaths
Holidays and observances
See Also:
June 25 - June 27 - May 26 - July 26 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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