June 26

Events

• 684 - Benedict II[?] becomes Pope.
• 1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
• 1819 - The bicycle is patented.
• 1923 - First race of the 24 hours of Le Mans
• 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
• 1945 - The charter of the United Nations is signed.
• 1948 - The Western allies start an air lift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
• 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
• 1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
• 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.

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

• 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru (murder)
• 1922 - Albert I of Monaco
• 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
• 1968 - Tony Hancock, comedian
• 1993 - William H. Riker, political scientist
• 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole[?], singer
• 2003 - Sir Denis Thatcher Bt., husband to Baroness Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister
• 2003 - Strom Thurmond, former US Senator

Holidays and observances

• The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

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