On this day in History - Jun 26

• 0363 - Julian dies killed in battle. Roman Emperor.
• 0684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.
• 1291 - Eleanor of Provence dies. Queen of Henry III of England
• 1409 - Western Schism: The Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
• 1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
• 1541 - Francisco Pizarro dies murdered. Spanish conqueror of Peru.
• 1653 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, was born. Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
• 1662 - Portugal - Golpe de Estado palaciano que põe termo à regência da rainha D. Luísa de Gusmão. O governo é entregue a D. Afonso VI, tendo D. Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3.º conde de Castelo Melhor, como principal apoiante.
• 1819 - The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr. of New York City.
• 1824 - Lord Kelvin was born (d. 1907). Physicist.
• 1821 - Bartolomé Mitre was born. President of Argentine
• 1854 - Robert Laird Borden was born. Eighth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1856 - Max Stirner dies. German philosopher.
• 1865 - Bernard Berenson was born (d. 1959). Art connoisseur.
• 1871 - As Conferências do Casino são suspensas pelo ministro do reino, marquês de Ávila e de Bolama.
• 1878 - Luís Edmundo de Melo Pereira da Costa was born in Ruio de Janeiro (d. 8 Dec 1961). Brazilian poet and journalist.
• 1889 - Tobias Barreto dies (b. 7 Jun 1839). Brazilian poet and philosopher.
• 1892 - Pearl S. Buck was born (d. 1973). American writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature
• 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt was born (d. 1978). Aircraft designer.
• 1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova was born. Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse .
• 1904 - Peter Lorre, was born (d. 1964). Actor.
• 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati was born. Italian singer and actor.
• 1908 - Salvador Allende was born. President of Chile.
• 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, was born (d. 1997). Elvis Presley's manager.
• 1910 - António Teixeira de Sousa assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
• 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born (d. 1956). American athlete and golfer.
• 1912 - Jay Silverheels was born (d. 1980). Actor.
• 1919 - Richard Neustadt, was born. Political historian.
• 1922 - Eleanor Parker was born. American actress.
• 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco dies.
• 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
• 1925 - Pavel Belyayev was born (d. 1970). Cosmonaut.
• 1925 - Isabel da Nóbrega was born. Portuguese writer.
• 1933 - Claudio Abbado was born. Italian conductor
• 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden was born (d. 1965). British journalist.
• 1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• 1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• 1936 - Robert Maclennan was born. British politician.
• 1936 - Francisco Nicholson was born. Portuguese actor/ Nasce Francisco Nicholson. Actor, escritor e figura da televisão portuguesa (Tentação (1997) "Olhar da Serpente, O" (2002) TV Series Writer: "Vila Faia" (1982) TV Series (writer) ).
• 1936 - Robert Maclennan was born. British politician.
• 1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte was born. Archbishop of Montreal
• 1937 - Sombat Metanee was born. Thai film actor
• 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 - Maria Velho da Costa was born. Portuguese writer.
• 1939 - Ford Maddox Ford dies (b. 1873). English writer.
• 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.
• 1942 - Gilberto Gil was born. First Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician.
• 1945 - Dwight York was born. Musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester.
• 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed. Surgimento da ONU : representantes de 50 países assinaram a Carta de São Francisco. Apoiada na tradição idealista norte-americana e com a tese de manter a segurança coletiva e a paz mundial, a Carta propunha a criação da Organização das Nações Unidas. Em 24 de outubro de 1945, a ONU passou a existir oficialmente.
• 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett dies. Eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
• 1947 - Conferência em Paris entre a URSS, Grã-Bretanha e França sobre o Plano Marshall de ajuda norte-americana para a reconstrução da Europa.
• 1948 - The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
• 1949 - Ana Zanatto was born. Portuguese actress and writer./ Nasce em Lisboa Ana Zanatti. Actriz portuguesa ("Vila Faia" (1982) TV Series Lugar do Morto, O (1984) ..."Saber Amar" (2002) TV Series . Milagre segundo Salomé, O (2004) ...) . Apresentadora de televisão e recentemente escritora ( "Os Sinais do Medo", "Agradece o Beijo").
• 1954 - Steve Barton was born. Actor, singer, dancer
• 1955 - Mick Jones was born. British musician, guitarist with The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite
• 1956 - Chris Isaak was born. Pop singer.
• 1956 - Fidel Castro é detido no México com outros 20 membros do Movimento 26 de Julho.
• 1957 - Alfred Döblin dies (b. 1878). German writer.
• 1958 - Andrija Štampar dies (b. 1888). Physician and United Nations diplomat.
• 1958 - George Orton dies. Canadian athlete.
• 1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
• 1959 - Cuba rompe relações diplomáticas com a República Dominicana.
• 1960 - Madagascar alcanza la independencia de Francia.
• 1960 - Former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence
• 1961 - Greg Lemond was born. Cyclist
• 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky was born. Russian CEO of YUKOS Oil Company
• 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
• 1963 - Harriet Wheeler was born. Singer.
• 1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
• 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld dies. Architect.
• 1968 - Tony Hancock dies. Comedian.
• 1968 - Rich Eisen was born. ESPN SportsCenter anchor
• 1968 - Shannon Sharpe was born. American football player, commentator
• 1968 - Paolo Maldini was born. Italian footballer
• 1969 - Colin Greenwood was born. Musician, Radiohead
• 1970 - Chris O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois. American actor
• 1973 - Gretchen Wilson was born. Country music singer
• 1973 - On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 persons were killed at an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
• 1974 - The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.
• 1974 - Derek Jeter was born. Baseball player
• 1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
• 1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer dies. Spanish Roman Catholic priest. Opus Dei founder.
• 1976 - CN Tower (Toronto, Canada) opened on this day in 1976.
• 1977 - Kubo Tite was born. Cartoonist
• 1977 - Last concert of Elvis Presley.
• 1979 - Muhammad Ali retires. Boxeur.
• 1980 - Jason Schwartzman was born. Actor
• 1980 - Michael Vick was born. American football player.
• 1982 - Morte do cantor português Alfredo Marceneiro (n. 25 Fev 1891). Grande figura do fado.
• 1984 - Michel Foucault dies (b. 1926). French literary theorist.
• 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, was born. Tibetan spiritual leader.
• 1989 - Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for the 2nd time
• 1993 - William H. Riker dies. Political scientist.
• 1994 - António Portugal dies. Portuguese musician.
• 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole dies. Singer.
• 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 popular Harry Potter series, is published.
• 1999 - O líder da resistência do Timor Leste e Prêmio Nobel da Paz 1996, José Ramos Horta, regressa a Jacarta pela primeira vez desde que, em 1975, a Indonésia ocupou a ex-colônia portuguesa.
• 2000 - O Vaticano revela que o terceiro segredo de Fátima se referia ao atentado ao Papa, à luta do comunismo contra a Igreja e ao sofrimento dos cristãos no século XX.
• 2002 - Jay Berwanger dies. American football player
• 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas
• 2003 - Sir Denis Thatcher Bt. dies. Husband of Margaret Thatcher
• 2003 - Strom Thurmond dies. U.S. Senator
• 2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé dies. Cameroon footballer
• 2004 - Yash Johar dies. Indian film producer
• 2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands was born.
• 2005 - Richard Whiteley dies (b. 1943). British television presenter.
• The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
• Flag Day in Romania
• Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand
• Independence Day in Madagascar

• Flag Day in Romania