Tukuk-OS📅 June 26
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Supreme Court of the United StatesObergefell v. HodgesSame-sex marriage in the United States
- 2013 — The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act.
Supreme Court of the United StatesSame-sex marriage in the United StatesUnited States v. Windsor
- 2010 — A G20 summit, the largest and most expensive security operation in Canadian history, began in downtown Toronto.
- 2003 — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.
Supreme Court of the United StatesSodomy laws in the United StatesList of landmark court decisions in the United States
- 1997 — J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, was released.
J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter
- 1950 — A Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft crashed after departing from Perth, becoming the worst peacetime aviation accident in Australia's history.
Douglas DC-41950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash
- 1945 — At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
United Nations Conference on International OrganizationMember states of the United NationsCharter of the United Nations
- 1918 — World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops.
- 1907 — Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia.
- 1906 — The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.
- 1889 — Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.
- 1886 — French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine (pictured in liquid state), for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 1848 — French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising (pictured), in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.
- 1844 — Julia Gardiner (pictured) married U.S. President John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension in New York, becoming the first lady.
Julia Gardiner TylerJohn TylerChurch of the Ascension, Episcopal (Manhattan)
- 1409 — The Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Alexander V, becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the papacy during the Western Schism.
- 1243 — Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuk Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration of the Seljuk state.
Births
- 2005 — Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
- 2004 — Mikey Williams, American basketball player
- 2002 — Chandler Smith, American race car driver
- 2002 — Manon Bannerman, Swiss singer and dancer
- 2000 — Ann Li, American tennis player
- 1999 — Connor Dewar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997 — Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer
- 1997 — Jacob Elordi, Australian actor
- 1997 — Callum Taylor, English cricketer
- 1997 — Ethan Bear, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower
- 1994 — Leonard Carow, German actor
Deaths
- 2026 — Joe Doering, American professional wrestler (born 1982)
- 2025 — Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician (born 1944)
- 2025 — Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary (born 1934)
- 2025 — Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1932)
- 2025 — Takutai Tarsh Kemp, New Zealand politician (born 1975)
- 2024 — Taiki Matsuno, Japanese voice actor (born 1967)
- 2022 — Margaret Keane, American artist (born 1927)
- 2021 — Mike Gravel, American politician (born 1930)
- 2020 — Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (born 1929)
- 2019 — Beth Chapman, American reality Television star, Bounty Hunter (born 1967)
- 2019 — Emily Stonington, American politician from Montana (born 1947)
- 2015 — Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1929)
Observances & holidays
- Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
- Christian feast day: Anthelm of Belley
- Christian feast day: David the Dendrite
- Christian feast day: Blessed Giacinto Longhin
- Christian feast day: Hermogius
- Christian feast day: Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Jeremiah (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: John and Paul
- Christian feast day: José María Robles Hurtado (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
- Christian feast day: Josemaría Escrivá
- Christian feast day: Mar Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Pelagius of Córdoba
- Christian feast day: Blessed Therese-Madeleine Fantou
- Christian feast day: Vigilius of Trent
- Christian feast day: June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland)
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International)
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit TraffickingLists of holidays
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International)
International Day in Support of Victims of TortureLists of holidays
- World Refrigeration Day (International)
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