Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 26
This is a list of selected June 26 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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United Nations Charter signing ceremony
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand; | no footnotes |
| 1409 – In an attempt to end the Western Schism, during which Gregory XII in Rome and Benedict XIII in Avignon simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, the Council of Pisa instead ended up electing a third one, Alexander V. | refimprove |
| 1541 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro was assassinated in Lima by supporters of his rival Diego de Almagro's son. | refimprove section, unreferenced section |
| 1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway, a system of canals connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, was officially opened. | Need to verify date, refimprove section |
| 1976 – The CN Tower, the tallest freestanding structure on land, was opened to the public in Toronto. | refimprove section |
| 1997 – In Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down anti-obscenity provisions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. | needs more footnotes |
| 2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for private use in Washington, D.C., and other federal enclaves. | outdated
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Eligible
- 363 – Roman emperor Julian was killed during the retreat from his campaign against the Sassanid Empire.
- 1906 – The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, was held outside Le Mans.
- 1907 – Organised by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries in Tiflis, Georgia, robbed a bank stagecoach, getting away with 341,000 rubles.
- 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.
- 1948 – Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", one of the most famous short stories in American literature, was published.
- 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for a democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
- 2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in Lawrence v. Texas, striking down sodomy laws in the United States.
- 2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigned after weeks of political unrest.
- 2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, granting federal recognition to same-sex marriage; furthermore it struck down Proposition 8, legalizing same-sex marriage in California.
June 26: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture; Independence Day in Madagascar (1960); Flag Day in Romania
- 699 – En no Gyōja, the founder of the Japanese Buddhist sect known as Shugendō, was exiled to Izu Ōshima for witchcraft.
- 1740 – War of Jenkins' Ear: A Spanish column of 300 regular troops, free black militia and Indian auxiliaries stormed Britain's strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.
- 1886 – French chemist Henri Moissan (pictured) reported he was able to successfully isolate elemental fluorine, for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 1945 – At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
- 1996 – Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin was murdered while she was stopped at a traffic light, an event which helped establish Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau.