# On this day: June 26

June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years), with 188 days left until the end of the year.

## June 26 in one line

Headline entries for June 26, from Wikipedia: in 1945, At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations; born 1892: Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973); died 363: Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (born 332). In 2026 it is a Friday, in 2027 a Saturday.

## Events on June 26

- 4 Augustus adopts Tiberius. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus)
- 363 Roman emperor Julian is fatally wounded by Sassanid troops in a skirmish close to Samarra while retreating from his failed siege of Ctesiphon. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor))
- 1243 Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuk Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration of the Seljuk state. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_K%C3%B6se_Da%C4%9F)
- 1409 The Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Alexander V, becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the papacy during the Western Schism. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Schism)
- 1483 Richard III becomes King of England. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England)
- 1522 Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1522))
- 1541 Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro)
- 1830 William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover following the death without surviving legitimate issue of his older brother George IV. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV)
- 1844 Julia Gardiner married U.S. President John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension in New York, becoming the first lady. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gardiner_Tyler)
- 1848 French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Days_uprising)
- 1886 French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine, for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine)
- 1889 Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congo)
- 1906 The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_French_Grand_Prix)
- 1907 Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Tiflis_bank_robbery)
- 1918 World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood)
- 1945 At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations)
- 1950 A Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft crashed after departing from Perth, becoming the worst peacetime aviation accident in Australia's history. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Australian_National_Airways_Douglas_DC-4_crash)
- 1963 Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner)
- 1967 Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) is made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI)
- 1991 Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Day_War)
- 1997 J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, was released. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone)
- 2003 The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas)
- 2007 Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI)
- 2010 A G20 summit, the largest and most expensive security operation in Canadian history, began in downtown Toronto. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_G20_Toronto_summit)
- 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Windsor)
- 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges)

## Born on June 26

- 1730 Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (died 1817) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Messier)
- 1824 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kelvin)
- 1892 Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck)
- 1899 Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Maria_Nikolaevna_of_Russia)
- 1904 Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (died 1964) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre)
- 1908 Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (died 1973) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende)
- 1913 Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (died 2008) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_C%C3%A9saire)
- 1922 Eleanor Parker, American actress (died 2013) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Parker)
- 1933 Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (died 2014) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Abbado)
- 1937 Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Coleman_Richardson)
- 1942 Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilberto_Gil)
- 1944 Gennady Zyuganov, Russian politician [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady_Zyuganov)
- 1963 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky)
- 1968 Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maldini)
- 1968 Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Icelandic lecturer and politician, 6th President of Iceland [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0ni_Th._J%C3%B3hannesson)
- 1970 Paul Thomas Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomas_Anderson)
- 1984 Indila, French singer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indila)
- 1984 Aubrey Plaza, American actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Plaza)
- 1987 Samir Nasri, French footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Nasri)
- 1992 Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer-songwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennette_McCurdy)
- 1993 Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariana_Grande)
- 1997 Jacob Elordi, Australian actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Elordi)

## Died on June 26

- 363 Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (born 332) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor))
- 1274 Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (born 1201) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_al-Din_al-Tusi)
- 1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (born c. 1471) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro)
- 1810 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1740) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers)
- 1830 George IV of the United Kingdom (born 1762) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV)
- 1836 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (born 1760) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Joseph_Rouget_de_Lisle)
- 1856 Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Stirner)
- 1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Landsteiner)
- 1957 Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (born 1878) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D%C3%B6blin)
- 1975 Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (born 1902) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josemar%C3%ADa_Escriv%C3%A1)
- 1996 Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born 1958) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Guerin)
- 2010 Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 4th President of Lithuania (born 1932) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algirdas_Brazauskas)
- 2012 Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Ephron)
- 2015 Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1929) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Primakov)

## Holidays and observances

- Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan)
- Christian feast day: Anthelm of Belley [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthelm_of_Belley)
- Christian feast day: David the Dendrite [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_the_Dendrite)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Giacinto Longhin [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacinto_Longhin)
- Christian feast day: Hermogius [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermogius)
- Christian feast day: Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Florence_Hapgood)
- Christian feast day: Jeremiah (Lutheran) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah)
- Christian feast day: John and Paul [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Paul)
- Christian feast day: José María Robles Hurtado (one of Saints of the Cristero War) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Robles_Hurtado)
- Christian feast day: Josemaría Escrivá [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josemar%C3%ADa_Escriv%C3%A1)
- Christian feast day: Mar Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrology_of_Rabban_Sliba)
- Christian feast day: Pelagius of Córdoba [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_of_C%C3%B3rdoba)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Therese-Madeleine Fantou [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therese-Madeleine_Fantou)
- Christian feast day: Vigilius of Trent [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilius_of_Trent)
- Christian feast day: June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_26_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Somaliland))
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_Against_Drug_Abuse_and_Illicit_Trafficking)
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_in_Support_of_Victims_of_Torture)
- World Refrigeration Day (International) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Refrigeration_Day)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “June 26”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_26) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/June 26”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_26) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“June 26”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_26) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_26?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for June 26 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## June 26 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Friday | 2026-W26 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2027 | Saturday | 2027-W25 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2028 | Monday | 2028-W26 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 2029-W26 | 🌕 Full Moon |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 2030-W26 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on June 26

- [🇮🇳 India](https://whathappen.today/holidays/india/): Muharram (2026)

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