The Ultimate June 26 Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference

June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining.

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Events

1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
1934 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
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.
1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed.
1948 - The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
1960 - Former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence
1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
1963 - Mikhail B. KhodorkovskyCEO of YUKOS Oil Company
1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
1974 - The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.
1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
1977 - Last concert of Elvis Presley.
1979 - Muhammad Ali retires.
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 popularHarry Potter series, is published.

2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas.

1904 - Peter Lorre, actor (d. 1964)
1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. 1956)
1912 - Jay Silverheels, actor (d. 1980)
1919 - Richard Neustadt, political historian
1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)
1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
1942 - Gilberto Gil, first Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician
1945 - Dwight York, musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester
1954 - Steve Barton, actor, singer, dancer
1955 - Mick Jones, musician
1956 - Chris Isaak, pop singer
1961 - Greg Lemond, cyclist
1968 - Rich Eisen , former ESPN SportsCenter anchor
1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player, commentator
1970 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
1973 - Gretchen Wilson, country music singer
1974 - Derek Jeter, baseball player
1980 - Jason Schwartzman, actor
1980 - Michael Vick, football quarterback
1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader