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Historical Events on June 26

  • Coney Island

    1927

    The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

  • June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum

    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.

  • RAF

    1944

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

  • Ich bin ein Berliner

    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.

  • Karol Wojtyła

    1967

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

  • Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

    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.

  • Elvis Presley

    1977

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

  • Pope John Paul II

    2000

    Pope John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima.

  • Defense of Marriage Act

    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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