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June 26th


- Christian Feast Day
- Flag Day (Romania)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Madagascar from France in 1960
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International)
- International Day in Support of Torture Victims (International)
- Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)

June 26th


- 2008 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual right, and that the District of Columbia handgun ban is unconstitutional.
- 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
- 1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1996 - Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
- 1995 - Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.
- 1991 - Ten-Day War: the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
- 1978 - Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.
- 1977 - The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute.
- 1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes emergency rule in India.
- 1975 - Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
- 1974 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
- 1973 - At Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
- 1960 - The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland .
- 1960 - Madagascar gains its independence from France.
- 1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
- 1955 - The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
- 1953 - Lavrentiy Beria,head of MVD, was arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
- 1952 - The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties.
- 1948 - The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
- 1948 - William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
- 1948 - Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
- 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
- 1942 - The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
- 1940 - World War II: under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
- 1936 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
- 1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
- 1927 - The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
- 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
- 1918 - World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
- 1917 - The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain, France, Italy, and Russia against Germany, and Austria-Hungary in World War I.
- 1909 - The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
- 1870 - The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- 1857 - The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- 1848 - End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 1723 - After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
- 1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
- 1541 - Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
- 1483 - Richard III is crowned king of England.
- 1409 - Western Schism: the Roman 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.
- 1284 - the legendary Pied Piper leads 130 children out of Hamelin, Germany
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
- 221 - Roman Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.

June 26th


- 2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
- 2001 - Tristan Dowse, child of controversial international adoption case involving Ireland and Indonesia
- 1993 - Ariana Grande, American actress and singer
- 1992 - Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer
- 1991 - Houssem Chemali, French footballer
- 1991 - Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
- 1987 - Samir Nasri, French footballer
- 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, 17th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
- 1984 - Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
- 1984 - Raymond Felton, American basketball player
- 1984 - Deron Williams, American basketball player
- 1984 - Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
- 1984 - Aubrey Plaza, American comedian, writer and actress
- 1984 - Gabrielle Walcott, Trinidad and Tobagoian beauty pageant contestant
- 1981 - Damien Sargue, French singer
- 1980 - Michael Vick, American football player
- 1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player
- 1980 - Sinik, French singer and rapper
- 1980 - Hamílton, naturalized Togolese footballer
- 1980 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor
- 1979 - Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
- 1979 - Andy O'Brien, English footballer
- 1979 - Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver
- 1979 - Ryan Tedder, American Musician
- 1979 - Brandi Burkhardt, American actress and beauty pageant contestant
- 1977 - Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist
- 1977 - Mark Jindrak, American Professional Wrestler
- 1977 - Quincy Lewis, American basketball player
- 1976 - Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Pawe? Ma?aszy?ski, Polish actor
- 1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player
- 1975 - Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist
- 1975 - Terry Skiverton, English football player
- 1974 - Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player
- 1974 - Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys)
- 1974 - Jason Kendall, American baseball player
- 1974 - Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer
- 1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer
- 1973 - Rebecca Budig, American actress
- 1973 - Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
- 1972 - Garou, Canadian singer
- 1972 - Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
- 1971 - Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker
- 1970 - Irv Gotti, American record producer
- 1970 - Sean Hayes, American actor
- 1970 - Matt Letscher, American actor
- 1970 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor
- 1970 - Nick Offerman, American actor
- 1969 - Mike Myers, American baseball player
- 1969 - Colin Greenwood, British musician
- 1969 - Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
- 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
- 1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player
- 1967 - Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer
- 1966 - Minaguchi Yuko, Japanese voice actress
- 1966 - Jürgen Reil, American drummer (Kreator)
- 1966 - Dany Boon, French director, actor and writer
- 1963 - Harriet Wheeler, British singer (The Sundays)
- 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
- 1963 - Richard Garfield, American game designer
- 1962 - Jerome Kersey, American basketball player
- 1962 - Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter and film director
- 1961 - Greg LeMond, American cyclist
- 1961 - Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin)
- 1960 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1959 - Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
- 1957 - Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)
- 1957 - Philippe Couillard, Quebec neurosurgeon and politician
- 1956 - Chris Isaak, American singer
- 1955 - Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
- 1954 - Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1953 - Robert Davi, American actor
- 1951 - Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
- 1946 - Pamela Bellwood, American actress
- 1945 - Malachi York, Nuwaubian leader
- 1943 - John Beasley, American actor
- 1943 - Georgie Fame, British singer
- 1943 - Warren Farrell, American author
- 1942 - Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture
- 1942 - James J. Dillon, American professional wrestling manager
- 1941 - Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
- 1940 - Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The 5th Dimension)
- 1938 - Gerald North, American climatologist
- 1937 - Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor
- 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
- 1936 - Jean-Claude Turcotte, Cardinal Archbishop of Montreal
- 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
- 1934 - Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist
- 1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
- 1933 - Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)
- 1931 - Colin Wilson, British writer
- 1929 - Milton Glaser, American Designer
- 1928 - Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996)
- 1928 - Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
- 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1970)
- 1924 - Kostas Axelos, Greek philosopher (d. 2010)
- 1923 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955)
- 1922 - Eleanor Parker, American actress
- 1921 - Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent (d. 1945)
- 1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Giuseppe Taddei, Italian opera singer (d. 2010)
- 1915 - Paul Castellano, American organized crime figure (d. 1985)
- 1915 - Charlotte Zolotow, American author
- 1914 - Kathryn Johnston, American police shooting victim (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Laurie Lee, British writer (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (d. 2008)
- 1913 - Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist
- 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
- 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Wolfgang Reitherman, American animator (d. 1985)
- 1908 - Salvador Allende, Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (d. 1973)
- 1907 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)
- 1906 - Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
- 1904 - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
- 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian actor (d. 1964)
- 1902 - Hugues Cuénod, Swiss Tenor
- 1901 - Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
- 1898 - Chesty Puller, American military officer (d. 1971)
- 1895 - George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1881 - Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli poet (d. 1960)
- 1880 - Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952)
- 1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)
- 1866 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)
- 1865 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959)
- 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
- 1838 - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali novelist (d. 1894)
- 1835 - Thomas W. Knox, American author (d. 1896)
- 1824 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)
- 1821 - Bartolome Mitre, Argentine historian and politician (d. 1906)
- 1819 - Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
- 1817 - Branwell Bronte, British painter and poet (d. 1848)
- 1798 - Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
- 1730 - Charles Messier, French Astronomer (d. 1817)
- 1703 - Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)
- 1702 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
- 1694 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
- 1689 - Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
- 1681 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
- 1575 - Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)