Salvador Allende
b. 1908
Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile
On This Day · The 177th day of the year
June 26
June 26 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1848 and 2024. End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
Compiled & reviewed by Roman Tailor · Last reviewed July 13, 2026
What happened on June 26?
June 26 is the 177th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1848 and 2024. Famous people born on June 26 include Salvador Allende, Samir Nasri and Jennette McCurdy.
The shape of the day
June 26's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and politics and nation-building recur.
Cancer is the sign for June 26 — read more on the Cancer page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.
Released on June 26
Movies, games, albums & shows2025
- Game Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Game Ruffy and the Riverside
- Game Calamity Angels: Special Delivery
- TV A Dream Within a Dream
Release data from TMDB & IGDB.
Events
10 notable moments- 1848
June Days uprising
End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 1886
Henri Moissan
Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
- 1889
Bangui
Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
- 1906
1906 French Grand Prix
The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
- 1917
World War I
World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4.
- 1944
San Marino
World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
- 1977
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley holds what will prove to be his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1997
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling publishes the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in United Kingdom.
- 2015
Supreme Court of the United States
The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 2024
Julian Assange
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, returns to Australia after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a Saipan court and subsequently being released by the United States Department of Justice.
Famous birthday twins
Born on June 26Samir Nasri
b. 1987
French footballer
Jennette McCurdy
b. 1992
American actress and singer-songwriter
Natalya Antyukh
b. 1981
Russian sprinter and hurdler
Priscah Jeptoo
b. 1984
Kenyan runner
Charles Messier
b. 1730
French astronomer and academic
Paul Thomas Anderson
b. 1970
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Wolfgang Unzicker
b. 1925
German chess player
Deaths
- 2003Denis Thatcher
- 1808Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz
- 1541Francisco Pizarro
- 1487John Argyropoulos
- 363Julian (emperor)
- -116Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Holidays & observances
- —Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
- —Christian feast day: Anthelm of Belley
- —Christian feast day: David the Dendrite
- —Christian feast day: Hermogius
- —Christian feast day: Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church)
- —Christian feast day: Jeremiah (Lutheran)
- —Christian feast day: John and Paul
- —Christian feast day: José María Robles Hurtado (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.
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