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On This Day · The 177th day of the year

June 26

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.

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Cancer is the sign for June 26 — read more on the Cancer page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 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.

Released on June 26

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • 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
  1. 1848

    June Days uprising

  2. 1886

    Henri Moissan

  3. 1889

    Bangui

  4. 1906

    1906 French Grand Prix

  5. 1917

    World War I

  6. 1944

    San Marino

  7. 1977

    Elvis Presley

  8. 1997

    J. K. Rowling

  9. 2015

    Supreme Court of the United States

  10. 2024

    Julian Assange

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 26

Salvador Allende

b. 1908

Samir Nasri

b. 1987

Jennette McCurdy

b. 1992

Natalya Antyukh

b. 1981

Priscah Jeptoo

b. 1984

Charles Messier

b. 1730

Paul Thomas Anderson

b. 1970

Wolfgang Unzicker

b. 1925

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)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn 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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