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 177th 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, 486,360 hours 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.
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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.
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June 26 Historical Events
- 1848 –End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 1857 –The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- 1870 –The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- 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.
- 1942 –The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
- 1952 –The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties.
- 1953 –Lavrentiy Beria,head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
- 1959 –The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America’s Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
- 1995 –Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.
- 2006 –Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
Who were born on June 26?
- 1915 –Charlotte Zolotow, American author
- 1937 –Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor
- 1942 –James J. Dillon, American professional wrestling manager
- 1951 –Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
- 1962 –Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter and film director
- 1969 –Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
- 1970 –Nick Offerman, American actor
- 1972 –Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
- 1977 –Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist
- 1979 –Ryan Tedder, American musician
Who died on June 26?
- 363 –Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
- 1836 –Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760)
- 1856 –Max Stirner, German philosopher (b. 1806)
- 1878 –Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)
- 1958 –George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
- 1990 –Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
- 1992 –Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
- 1993 –Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 2002 –Jay Berwanger, American football player and first recipient of the Heisman Trophy (b. 1914)
- 2006 –Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)
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