Birthday June 26, 1702 Dr. Philip Doddridge, English Nonconformist clergyman
Birthday June 26, 1730 Charles Messier, cataloguer of "M objects"
Birthday June 26, 1742 Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence
Birthday June 26, 1763 George Morland, English artist
Birthday June 26, 1819 Abner Doubleday, credited with inventing American Baseball
Birthday June 26, 1824 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - engineer, mathematician, physicist
Birthday June 26, 1854 Sir Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian prime minister (1911-20)
Birthday June 26, 1892 Pearl S. Buck, author (The Good Earth) (Nobel 1938)
Birthday June 26, 1901 Stuart Symington, (D), former U.S. senator from Missouri
Birthday June 26, 1904 Peter Lorre, Actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)
Birthday June 26, 1911 Babe Didrikson born
Birthday June 26, 1913 Maurice Wilkes, invented the stored program concept for computers
Birthday June 26, 1922 Eleanor Parker, Actress
Birthday June 26, 1925 Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (Voskhod 2)
Birthday June 26, 1940 Billy Davis, singer
Birthday June 26, 1951 Pamela Bellwood
Birthday June 26, 1955 Mick Jones, rocker
Birthday June 26, 1964 Zeng Jinlian, became tallest woman known (2.46 m, 8' 1")
History June 26, 1483 Richard III usurps the English throne
History June 26, 1541 Conqueror of the Incas assassinated
History June 26, 1784 Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies
History June 26, 1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow
History June 26, 1807 Lightning strikes in Luxembourg
History June 26, 1844 President John Tyler weds his second wife
History June 26, 1862 Rebels strike Union at the Battle of Mechanicsville
History June 26, 1870 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
History June 26, 1876 Custer's Last Stand
History June 26, 1876 Reno takes command of 7th Cavalry
History June 26, 1892 Pearl Buck's birthday
History June 26, 1900 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats yellow fever
History June 26, 1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 133 kph
History June 26, 1917 First U.S. troops arrive in France
History June 26, 1917 1st American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during WW I
History June 26, 1919 1st issue of NY Daily News published
History June 26, 1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing Credit Unions
History June 26, 1940 Turkey declares nonbelligerency
History June 26, 1945 U.N. Charter signed
History June 26, 1945 U.N. Charter is signed
History June 26, 1945 UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF
History June 26, 1948 Berlin Airlift begins
History June 26, 1948 US responses to Soviet blockade of Berlin
History June 26, 1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury
History June 26, 1956 Congress approves Federal Highway Act
History June 26, 1957 A serial killer preys upon a woman out for a drive
History June 26, 1959 St Lawrence Seaway opens - linking Atlantic Ocean with Great Lakes
History June 26, 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway opened
History June 26, 1959 Pres Eisenhower joins Queen Elizabeth opening St Lawrence Seaway
History June 26, 1960 Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)
History June 26, 1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
History June 26, 1963 Kennedy claims solidarity with the people of Berlin
History June 26, 1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin `Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)'
History June 26, 1964 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album
History June 26, 1965 Westmoreland given authority to commit U.S. forces
History June 26, 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
History June 26, 1972 U.S. aircraft shifted to Thailand
History June 26, 1975 Sonny and Cher's divorce becomes final
History June 26, 1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency
History June 26, 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn
History June 26, 1978 1st dedicated oceanographic satellite - SEASAT 1 launched
History June 26, 1982 US vetos UN Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli & Palestine Liberation Organization forces
History June 26, 1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery scrubbed at T-4
History June 26, 1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
History June 26, 1993 Clinton punishes Iraq for plot to kill Bush
History June 26, 1998 Gone with the Wind re-released in United States
History June 26, 2003 Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies
History June 26, 2012 Nora Ephron, director of When Harry Met Sally, dies
June 26, 1702 Dr. Philip Doddridge, English Nonconformist clergyman
June 26, 1730 Charles Messier, cataloguer of "M objects"
June 26, 1742 Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence
June 26, 1763 George Morland, English artist
June 26, 1819 Abner Doubleday, credited with inventing American Baseball
June 26, 1824 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - engineer, mathematician, physicist
June 26, 1854 Sir Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian prime minister (1911-20)
June 26, 1892 Pearl S. Buck, author (The Good Earth) (Nobel 1938)
June 26, 1901 Stuart Symington, (D), former U.S. senator from Missouri
June 26, 1904 Peter Lorre, Actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)
June 26, 1911 Babe Didrikson born
June 26, 1913 Maurice Wilkes, invented the stored program concept for computers
June 26, 1922 Eleanor Parker, Actress
June 26, 1925 Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (Voskhod 2)
June 26, 1940 Billy Davis, singer
June 26, 1951 Pamela Bellwood
June 26, 1955 Mick Jones, rocker
June 26, 1964 Zeng Jinlian, became tallest woman known (2.46 m, 8' 1")
June 26, 1483 Richard III usurps the English throne
June 26, 1541 Conqueror of the Incas assassinated
June 26, 1784 Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies
June 26, 1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow
June 26, 1807 Lightning strikes in Luxembourg
June 26, 1844 President John Tyler weds his second wife
June 26, 1862 Rebels strike Union at the Battle of Mechanicsville
June 26, 1870 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
June 26, 1876 Custer's Last Stand
June 26, 1876 Reno takes command of 7th Cavalry
June 26, 1892 Pearl Buck's birthday
June 26, 1900 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats yellow fever
June 26, 1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 133 kph
June 26, 1917 First U.S. troops arrive in France
June 26, 1917 1st American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during WW I
June 26, 1919 1st issue of NY Daily News published
June 26, 1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing Credit Unions
June 26, 1940 Turkey declares nonbelligerency
June 26, 1945 U.N. Charter signed
June 26, 1945 U.N. Charter is signed
June 26, 1945 UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF
June 26, 1948 Berlin Airlift begins
June 26, 1948 US responses to Soviet blockade of Berlin
June 26, 1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury
June 26, 1956 Congress approves Federal Highway Act
June 26, 1957 A serial killer preys upon a woman out for a drive
June 26, 1959 St Lawrence Seaway opens - linking Atlantic Ocean with Great Lakes
June 26, 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway opened
June 26, 1959 Pres Eisenhower joins Queen Elizabeth opening St Lawrence Seaway
June 26, 1960 Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)
June 26, 1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
June 26, 1963 Kennedy claims solidarity with the people of Berlin
June 26, 1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin `Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)'
June 26, 1964 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album
June 26, 1965 Westmoreland given authority to commit U.S. forces
June 26, 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
June 26, 1972 U.S. aircraft shifted to Thailand
June 26, 1975 Sonny and Cher's divorce becomes final
June 26, 1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency
June 26, 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn
June 26, 1978 1st dedicated oceanographic satellite - SEASAT 1 launched
June 26, 1982 US vetos UN Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli & Palestine Liberation Organization forces
June 26, 1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery scrubbed at T-4
June 26, 1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
June 26, 1993 Clinton punishes Iraq for plot to kill Bush
June 26, 1998 Gone with the Wind re-released in United States
June 26, 2003 Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies
June 26, 2012 Nora Ephron, director of When Harry Met Sally, dies