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Day Of The Week: June 26
June 26, 2025 is the 177th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 188 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 26
- 221 –Roman Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
- 1541 –Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
- 1723 –After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
- 1907 –The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
- 1918 –World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
- 1924 –American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
- 1942 –The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
- 1955 –The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
- 1960 –Madagascar gains its independence from France.
- 2008 –The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual right, and that the District of Columbia handgun ban is unconstitutional.
Who were born on June 26?
- 1866 –George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)
- 1892 –Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1895 –George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
- 1901 –Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1904 –Peter Lorre, Hungarian actor (d. 1964)
- 1938 –Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The 5th Dimension)
- 1951 –Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
- 1959 –Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
- 1980 –Jason Schwartzman, American actor
- 1985 –Urgyen Trinley Dorje, 17th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
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