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History Events on June 26

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History Events on June 26

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Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.

#Livonian_campaign_of_Stephen_Báthory

In 1579

Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.

#Ingemar_Johansson

In 1959

Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.

#Mari_Alkatiri

In 2006

Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.

#Pope_Benedict_XVI

In 2007

Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.

#Bangui

In 1889

The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.

#Christmas

In 1870

Madagascar gains its independence from France.

#Madagascar

In 1960

Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.

#Air_Canada_Flight_189

In 1978

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.

#Universal_Product_Code

In 1974

Przemys? II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.

#Przemys?_II

In 1295

Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.

#John_F._Kennedy

In 1963

Richard III becomes King of England.

#Richard_III_of_England

In 1483

Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.

#Julian_(emperor)

In 363

The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.

#British_Somaliland

In 1960

World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.

#Allies_of_World_War_I

In 1918

World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.

#World_War_I

In 1917

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

In 1997

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.

#Richard_Neville,_16th_Earl_of_Warwick

In 1460

Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".

#Treaty_of_Nanking

In 1843

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.

#French_Revolutionary_Wars

In 1794

Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.

#Cold_War

In 1948

William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.

#William_Shockley

In 1948

The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

#Grumman_F6F_Hellcat

In 1942

Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.

#Siege_of_Rhodes_(1522)

In 1522

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

#Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani

In 1995

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.

#Western_Schism

In 1409

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.

#Alexei_Petrovich,_Tsarevich_of_Russia

In 1718

Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.

#Lavrentiy_Beria

In 1953

Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.

#Francisco_Pizarro

In 1541

The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.

#Victoria_Cross

In 1857

After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.

#Russo-Persian_War_(1722-1723)

In 1723

World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.

#San_Marino

In 1944

Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.

#Henri_Moissan

In 1886

The first Grand Prix motor racing event held.

#1906_French_Grand_Prix

In 1906

The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.

#Freedom_Charter

In 1955

Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

#Yugoslav_Wars

In 1991

The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.

#Human_Genome_Project

In 2000

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.

#World_War_II

In 1940

Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.

#Roman_emperor

In 221

The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.

#Science_Museum,_London

In 1909

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.

#Franklin_D._Roosevelt

In 1934

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

In 2003

Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.

#Elvis_Presley

In 1977

A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

#Siege_of_Fort_Mose

In 1740

Augustus adopts Tiberius.

#Augustus

In 4 AD

Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

#Ulrich_von_Jungingen

In 1407

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

In 2013

World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.

#Battle_of_Osuchy

In 1944

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

In 2015

Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.

In 2015

Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.

In 2013

The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

In 2012

A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.

In 2008

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.

In 1975

Karol Wojty?a (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

In 1967

The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.

In 1952

Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.

In 1948

The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.

In 1945

World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.

In 1941

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

In 1936

The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

In 1927

The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.

In 1924

End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.

In 1848

William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.

In 1830

Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Da?.

In 1243

En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugend?, is banished to Izu ?shima.

In 699

Pope Benedict II is chosen.

In 684

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