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June 26June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. Events 600-1899 1900-1999 2000-2099 Births 1600-1899 - 1653 - Cardinal Andr-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Frjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
- 1824 - Lord Kelvin, physicist, inventor of the Kelvin temperature scale (d. 1907)
- 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1865 - Bernard Berenson, art connoisseur (d. 1959)
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1938 (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, aircraft designer (d. 1978)
- 1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse (d. 1918)
1900-1999 - 1904 - Peter Lorre, actor (d. 1964)
- 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
- 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. 1956)
- 1912 - Jay Silverheels, actor (d. 1980)
- 1919 - Richard Neustadt, political historian
- 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)
- 1933 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
- 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
- 1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
- 1942 - Gilberto Gil, first Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician
- 1945 - Dwight York, musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester
- 1954 - Steve Barton, actor, singer, dancer
- 1955 - Mick Jones, musician
- 1956 - Chris Isaak, pop singer
- 1961 - Greg Lemond, cyclist
- 1968 - Rich Eisen, former ESPN SportsCenter anchor
- 1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player, commentator
- 1970 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
- 1973 - Gretchen Wilson, country music singer
- 1974 - Derek Jeter, baseball player
- 1980 - Jason Schwartzman, actor
- 1980 - Michael Vick, football quarterback
- 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader
Deaths 300-1899 1900-1999 - 1922 - Albert I of Monaco
- 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
- 1958 - Andrija Štampar, physician, WHO diplomat (b. 1888)
- 1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete
- 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, architect
- 1968 - Tony Hancock, comedian
- 1975 - St. Josemara Escriv, Opus Dei Founder
- 1984 - Michel Foucault, post-modernist theorist (b. 1926)
- 1993 - William H. Riker, political scientist
- 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, singer
2000-2099 Holidays and observances External links June 25 - June 27 - May 26 - July 26 -- listing of all days
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