26 Juin

The **26t o Juin** is the 177t day o the year (178t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 188 days ti come.

## Events

* 4 - Roman Emperor Augustus adopts Tiberius.
* 1483 - Richard III o Ingland becomes King.
* 1830 - William IV o the Unitit Kinrick becomes King.
* 1848 - End o the Juin Days Uprisin in Paris.
* 1889 - Bangui, the current caipital o the Central African Republic, is foondit.
* 1905 - A telegram is sent tae Iceland for the first time, frae Cornwall.
* 1917 - Warld War I: Unitit States troops arrive in Fraunce tae fecht alongside the Unitit Kinrick an Fraunce against Germany.
* 1944 - Warld War II: The RAF mistakenly bombs neutral San Marino.
* 1945 - The Unitit Naitions Charter is signed in San Francisco, Californie.
* 1945 - The German Christian Democratic Union is foondit.
* 1954 - Fitbaa: The FIFA Warld Cup's heichest scorin-gemme occurs, as Austrick defeats host naition Swisserland 7-5.
* 1960 - Madagascar gains unthirldom frae Fraunce.
* 1960 - Breetish Somaliland gains unthirldom frae Somaliland.
* 1963 - "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech by John F. Kennedy in Wast Berlin.
* 1966 - The Canton o Basel-Stadt in Swisserland alows weemen tae vote.
* 1976 - Opening o the CN Tower in Toronto, Canadae.
* 1991 - The Yugoslav Fowk's Airmy stairts the Ten-Day War in Croatie an Slovenie.
* 1997 - Bertie Ahern becomes Taoiseach o the Republic o Ireland.
* 2013 - Kevin Rudd wins a leadership contest tae replace Julia Gillard as Prime Meenister o Australie.
* 2015 - Major terror attacks occur in Fraunce, Tunisie, Kuwait, Somalie an Syria.
* 2015 - Semme-sex mairiage is legalisit across the whole Unitit States, efter a majority deceesion bi the Supreme Coort.
* 2017 - The UK's Conservatives, unner Theresa May, agree a deal wi Northren Ireland's Democratic Unionists tae stay in pouer.
* 2018 - The Supreme Coort o the Unitit States upholds Donald Trump's traivel ban on fowk frae several Muslim-majority kintras.
* 2020 - A stobbin incident at the Park Inn Hottle in Glesga, which wis housin asylum seekers, results in sax fowk bein injured an the suspect bein shot deed bi the polis.

## Births

* 1712 - Andrew Gordon, Scots monk, pheesicist an inventor (d. 1751)
* 1726 - Victor Amadeus III o Sardinie (d. 1796)
* 1730 - Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. 1817)
* 1824 - William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Erse-Scots pheesicist an ingineer (d. 1907)
* 1854 - Robert Borden, 8t Prime meenister o Canadae (d. 1937)
* 1869 - John Flett, Scots medicinar an geologist (d. 1947)
* 1875 - Godfrey Collins, Scots politeecian (d. 1936)
* 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer (d. 1973)
* 1908 - Salvador Allende, Preses o Chile (d. 1973)
* 1924 - Richard Bull, American actor (d. 2014)
* 1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (d. 2014)
* 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American pheesicist (d. 2013)
* 1942 - Gilberto Gil, Brazilian sangster, guitarist, sangwriter an politeecian
* 1944 - Tommy McMillan, Scots fitbawer
* 1952 - Simon Mann, Inglis mercenary
* 1952 - Gordon McQueen, Scots fitbawer
* 1953 - Allin Cottrell, Scots scientist
* 1956 - Chris Isaak, American sangster
* 1956 - Patrick Mercer, Inglis politeecian
* 1963 - Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Roushie businessman
* 1967 - Benoit Hamon, French politeecian
* 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian fitbawer
* 1968 - Gudni Th. Johannesson, Icelandic academic, 6t Preses o Iceland
* 1974 - Derek Jeter, American basebaw player
* 1984 - Aubrey Plaza, American actress
* 1987 - Samir Nasri, French fitbawer
* 1992 - Jennette McCurdy, American actress
* 1993 - Ariana Grande, American sangster-sangwriter an actress
* 2000 - Euan Henderson, Scots fitbawer

## Daiths
* 1439 - Archibald Douglas, 5t Yerl o Douglas, Scots nobleman (b. 1390)
* 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spaingie conquistador (b. 1471)
* 1830 - George IV o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1762)
* 1834 - Gilbert Blane, Scots medicinar (b. 1749)
* 1836 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French airmy afficer (b. 1760)
* 1870 - James Syme, Scots surgeon (b. 1799)
* 1934 - George Henry Slight, Scots ingineer (b. 1859)
* 1943 - Karl Landsteiner, Austrick medicinar (b. 1868)
* 1996 - Veronica Guerin, Erse jurnalist (b. 1958)
* 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian sangster (b. 1959)
* 2003 - Strom Thurmond, American senator (b. 1902)
* 2012 - Nora Ephron, American screenwriter (b. 1941)
* 2018 - Harold Davis, Scots fitbawer (b. 1933)

## Halidays

* Naitional Day o Madagascar
* Flag Day (Romanie)
* Internaitional Day in Support o Victims o Torture
* Internaitional Day Against Drug Abuse an Illicit Traffickin