June 26 in History

Historical Events on June 26

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.

1944 World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.

1963 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.

1967 Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

1975 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.

1977 Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena

2000 Pope John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima.

2013 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.

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Famous Birthdays on June 26

1961 Greg LeMond

1974 Derek Jeter

1991 Dustin Martin

1993 Ariana Grande

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Famous Deaths on June 26

363 Julian (emperor)

1856 Max Stirner

1975 Josemaría Escrivá

2003 Strom Thurmond

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