What are the important events that happened on June 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 26 is the 177^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 188 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 13, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,181,600 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontaheptagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 236 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,570 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 26 Historical Events

• 363 –
  Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
• 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.
• 1848 –
  End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
• 1927 –
  The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 1997 –
  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Who were born on June 26?

• 1854 –
  Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
• 1929 –
  Milton Glaser, American designer
• 1934 –
  Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist
• 1943 –
  Warren Farrell, American author
• 1970 –
  Irv Gotti, American record producer
• 1977 –
  Mark Jindrak, American professional wrestler
• 1980 –
  Sinik, French singer and rapper
• 1981 –
  Damien Sargue, French singer
• 1984 –
  Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
• 1991 –
  Houssem Chemali, French footballer

Who died on June 26?

• 363 –
  Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
• 1688 –
  Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617)
• 1958 –
  George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
• 1967 –
  Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
• 1980 –
  Miriam Daly, Irish republican activist (b. 1928)
• 1992 –
  Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
• 1993 –
  Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 2001 –
  Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
• 2002 –
  Jay Berwanger, American football player and first recipient of the Heisman Trophy (b. 1914)
• 2003 –
  Sir Denis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)