Born on June 26
June 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 26, you share a birthday with Pearl S. Buck, Ariana Grande and Salvador Allende. June 26 babies are Cancer, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 26 is the 178th day of the year in leap years (177th in other years).
Famous people born on June 26
- 1892Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1993Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1908Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile
- 1824William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer
- 1968Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
- 1730Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic
- 1963Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist
- 1937Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
- 1987Samir Nasri, French footballer
What happened on June 26
- 1409The Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Alexander V, becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the papacy during the Western Schism.
- 1843Treaty of Nanking comes into effect; Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
- 1844Julia Gardiner married U.S. President John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension in New York, becoming the first lady.
- 1889Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.
- 1906The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.
- 1909The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
- 1934United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
- 1936Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
- 1945At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
- 1997J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, was released.
- 2003The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.
- 2010A G20 summit, the largest and most expensive security operation in Canadian history, began in downtown Toronto.
Also observed on June 26
- Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland)
- World Refrigeration Day (International)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 26?
People born on June 26 are Cancer. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 26?
Pearl S. Buck (1892), Ariana Grande (1993), Salvador Allende (1908), William Thomson (1824), Paolo Maldini (1968), Charles Messier (1730) were all born on June 26.
What happened on June 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1997, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, was released; in 2003, The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas; in 2010, A G20 summit, the largest and most expensive security operation in Canadian history, began in downtown Toronto.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.