June 26
Birthdays:
2005 ~ Princess Alexia of the Netherlands. She is a member of the Dutch royal family. She is of the House of Orange-Nassau. She is the second daughter of Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. She was born in The Hague, Netherlands.
1980 ~ Jason Schwartzman (né Jason Francesco Schwartzman), American actor. His mother is Talia Shire. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1974 ~ Derek Jeter (né Derek Sanderson Jeter), American baseball player. He was born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey.
1970 ~ Nick Offerman (né Nicholas Offerman), American actor best known for his role as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation. He was born in Joliet, Illinois.
1968 ~ Jovenel Moïse (d. July 7, 2021), 43rd President of Haiti. He was a banana farmer before entering politics. He was elected in December 2016 and took office in February 2017. He was assassinated at his residence in the early hours of July 7, 2021. He died 11 days after his 53rd birthday.
1965 ~ Firoozeh Dumas, Iranian-American writer. Her family moved to the United States when she was 7 years old. She was born in Abadan, Iran.
1956 ~ Chris Isaak (né Christopher Joseph Isaak), American singer-songwriter. He was born in Stockton, California.
1955 ~ Gedde Watanabe (né Gary Watanabe), American actor and comedian. He was born in Ogden, Utah.
1939 ~ Chuck Robb (né Charles Spittal Robb), American politician. He served as Governor of Virginia from January 1982 until January 1986. He then went on to become a United States Senator from Virginia. In 1967, he married Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of United States President Lyndon B Johnson, in the White House. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
1938 ~ Roger Corless (d. Jan. 12, 2007), American religious scholar. He was born in England. He died at age 69 in San Francisco, California.
1937 ~ Robert Coleman Richardson (d. Feb. 19, 2013), American physicist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 75 in Ithaca, New York.
1933 ~ Claudio Abbado (d. Jan. 20, 2014), Italian conductor who achieved global presence. He was born in Milan, Italy. He died at age 80 in Bologna, Italy.
1931 ~ George Lois (d. Nov. 18, 2022), American art director who shook up Madison Avenue. He designed over 92 covers for Esquire magazine from 1962 to 1973. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died at age 91 in Manhattan, New York.
1929 ~ Milton Glaser (d. June 26, 2020), American graphic designer who spread love for New York. He is best known for his I [Heart] New York logo. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died on his 91st birthday in Manhattan, New York.
1922 ~ Dick Smith (né Richard Emerson Smith; d. July 30, 2014), American make-up and special-effects artist who transformed Hollywood. He was born in Larchmont, New York. He died at age 92 in Los Angeles, California.
1911 ~ Babe Didrikson Zaharias (née Mildred Ella Didrikson; d. Sept. 27, 1956), American athlete and golfer. She was from Port Arthur, Texas. She died at age 45 of colon cancer in Galveston, Texas.
1911 ~ Edward H. Levi (né Edward Hirsch Levi; d. Mar. 7, 2000), 71st United States Attorney General. He served under President Gerald Ford from February 1975 until January 1977. He was born and died in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 88.
1909 ~ Colonel Tom Parker (né Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; d. Jan. 21, 1997), Dutch-American talent manager who managed the singing career of Elvis Presley. He was born in Breda, Netherlands. He died at age 87 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1908 ~ Salvador Allende (Salvador Guillerno Allende Gossens; d. Sept. 11, 1973), 29th President of Chile. He served as President from 1970 until his death in 1973. He was also a physician. He was born and died in Santiago, Chile. He died under mysterious circumstances and was believed to have been assassination after his ouster as president. He was 65 years old.
1904 ~ Peter Lorre (né László Löwenstein; b. Mar. 23, 1964), Hungarian-born actor. His film career began in Germany, but he left that country in 1933 with the rise of Nazism. He was born in Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary. He died of a stroke at age 59 in Los Angeles, California.
1901 ~ Stuart Symington (né William Stuart Symington, Jr.; d. Dec. 14, 1988), 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force. He was appointed to this Office by President Harry S Truman and served as the Secretary of the Air Force from September 1947 through December 1950. He went on to become a United States Senator from Missouri. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and died in New Canaan, Connecticut. He died at age 87.
1899 ~ Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (née Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; d. July 17, 1918), member of the Russian Royal Family. She was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. She was the daughter of Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, the last monarch of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna (née Alix of Hesse and by Rhine). She was assassinated 21 days before her 20th birthday by the Bolshevik secret police during the Russian Revolution.
1898 ~ Willie Messerschmmitt (né Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt; d. Sept. 15, 1978), German aircraft designer and manufacturer. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, German Empire. He died at age 80 in Munich, West Germany.
1892 ~ Pearl S. Buck (née Pearl Sydenstricker; d. Mar. 6, 1973), American writer and recipient of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. She is best known for her novel, The Good Earth. She was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. She died of lung cancer at age 80 in Danby, Vermont.
1878 ~ Leopold Löwenheim (d. May 5, 1957), German mathematician. He was born in Krefeld, Germany. He died at age 78 in Berlin, Germany.
1866 ~ George Hebert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (d. Apr. 5, 1923), English banker and financier of Howard Carter’s archeological expeditions which lead to the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. He was born in London, England. He died at age 56 from an infected mosquito bite in Cairo, Egypt.
1824 ~ William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (d. Dec. 17, 1907), Irish mathematical physicist who introduced the temperature scale that begins at absolute zero (-273.15o C). Absolute temperatures stated in units of kelvin are named in his honor. He was born in Belfast, Ireland. He died at age 83 in Largs, Scotland.
1821 ~ Bartolomé Mitre (d. Jan. 19, 1906), President of Argentina. He was president from October 1862 until October 1868. He was born and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died at age 84.
1819 ~ Abner Doubleday (d. Jan. 26, 1893), American general. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter at the beginning of the American Civil War. Although often credited with the invention of baseball, this is likely not true. He was born in Ballston Spa, New York. He died in Mendham, New Jersey at age 73.
1817 ~ Branwell Brontë (d. Sept. 24, 1848), English painter and poet. He was the brother of writers, Anne, Emily, and Charlotte Brontë. He died of tuberculosis at age 30.
1681 ~ Princess Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (née Hedvig Sofia Augusta; d. Dec. 22, 1708), member of the Swedish royal family. Upon her marriage to Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671 ~ 1702), she became the Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp. She was of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. She was the daughter of Charles XI, King of Sweden and Princess Ulrike Eleanora of Denmark. She died of smallpox at age 27.
1644 ~ Princess Henrietta Anne Stuart (d. June 30, 1670), member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640 ~ 1701). She became the Duchess of Orléans upon their marriage in 1661. He was her cousin. She was of the House of Stuart. She was the youngest daughter of Charles I, King of England and Henrietta Marie of France. She was initially of the Church of England but converted to Roman Catholicism. She died unexpectedly of an opiate overdose 2 weeks after her 26th birthday.
1575 ~ Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. Apr. 8, 1612), Queen consort of Denmark and Norway. She was the first wife of Christian IV, King of Denmark (1577 ~ 1648). They married in 1597. They were the parents of Frederick III, King of Denmark. She was of the House of Hohenzollern. She was the daughter of Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin. She was Lutheran. She died at age 36.
Events that Changed the World:
2015 ~ In the case of Obergelfell v. Hodges, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state or in a jurisdiction recognizing the same. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (b. 1936) drafted the majority decision.
2013 ~ In the case of Windsor v. United States, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed State to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages, was unconstitutional and a violation of the Fifth Amendment. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (b. 1936) drafted the majority decision.
2003 ~ United States Supreme Court ruled that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional in the case of Lawrence v. Texas. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (b. 1936) drafted the majority decision.
1997 ~ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling (b. 1965) was published. This is the first book in the Harry Potter series.
1997 ~ The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Reno v. ACLU, ruled that the Communications Decency Act was unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment. Associate Justice John Paul Stevens (1920 ~ 2019) drafted the majority decision.
1974 ~ The Universal Product Code, or UPC, was scanned for the first time in making a purchase. The first purchase, made at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, was for a package of chewing gum.
1963 ~ Levi Eshkol (1895 ~ 1969) became the 3rd Israeli Prime minister. He served until his death of a heart attack on February 26, 1969.
1963 ~ President John F. Kennedy (1917 ~ 1963) gave his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech.
1959 ~ The St. Lawrence Seaway was officially opened, creating a navigational channel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.
1948 ~ Shirley Jackson’s short story, The Lottery, was published in The New Yorker magazine.
1948 ~ The Berlin Airlift began when pilots from the United States and Great Britain began delivering food and supplies into Berlin after the city had been isolated by the Soviet blockade.
1945 ~ The United Nations Charter was executed in San Francisco, California.
1934 ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 ~ 1945) signed the Federal Credit Union Act, which established the existence of credit unions.
1927 ~ The Cyclone roller coaster opened in Coney Island.
1917 ~ The first American troops arrived in France to fight alongside the British and France against the Germans in World War I.
1906 ~ The first Grand Prix, the French motor racing event, was held. It was a two-day event. Hungarian Ferenc Szisz (1873 ~ 1944) won the 1,238 km race.
1870 ~ The Christian holiday of Christmas was officially declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1830 ~ Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the 1st Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British.
1830 ~ William IV (1765 ~ 1837) became King of Britain and Hanover.
1483 ~ Richard III (1452 ~ 1485) became King of England.
684 ~ Pope Benedict II (d. 685) became Pope. He was Pope until his death a year later, on May 8, 685.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen (b. Mar 18, 1935), Danish mathematician and statistician. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died at age 87 in Aarhus, Denmark.
2021 ~ Mike Gravel (né Maurice Robert Gravel; b. May 13, 1930), American idiosyncratic Democratic senator who hated war and elitism. He served as a United States Senator from Alaska from January 1969 until January 1981. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He died at age 91 in Seaside, California.
2020 ~ Milton Glaser (b. June 26, 1929), American graphic designer who spread love for New York. He is best known for his I [Heart] New York logo. He was born in The Bronx. He died on his 91st birthday in Manhattan, New York
2014 ~ Howard Baker, Jr. (né Howard Henry Baker, Jr.; b. Nov. 15, 1925), American senator from Tennessee who skewered President Nixon over Watergate. He was the 12th White House Chief of Staff. He served under President Ronald Reagan in that Office from July 2001 until February 2005. He was born and died in Huntsville, Tennessee. He died at age 88.
2012 ~ Nora Ephron (b. May 19, 1941), American filmmaker, writer, and journalist whose wit defined an era. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died of leukemia at age 71.
2012 ~ Ann Curtis (née Ann Elisabeth Curtis; b. Mar. 6, 1926), American swimmer who won gold at the 1948 Olympics. She was born in San Francisco, California. She died at age 86 in San Rafael, California.
2011 ~ Jan van Beveren (b. Mar. 5, 1948), Dutch-born soccer star who became a devoted coach in Texas. He was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He died in Beaumont, Texas at age 63.
2007 ~ Liz Claiborne (née Anne Elizabeth Jane Claiborne; b. Mar. 31, 1929), American fashion designer. She was born in Brussels, Belgium to American parents. She came from a prominent Louisiana family, whose ancestor was William C.C. Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana during the War of 1812. She was born in Brussels, Belgium. She died of cancer at age 78 in New York, New York.
2004 ~ Naomi Shemer (b. July 13, 1930), Israeli singer-songwriter. She died at 17 days before her 74th birthday in Tel Aviv, Israel.
2003 ~ Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet (b. May 10, 1915), British businessman and husband of Britain’s Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He was born and died in London, England. He died at age 88.
2003 ~ Strom Thurmond, Sr. (né James Strom Thurmond; b. Dec. 5, 1902), United States Senator from South Carolina. He was a staunch opponent of Civil Rights legislation during the 1950s and ‘60s. He had also served as the 103rdGovernor of South Carolina. He was born and died in Edgefield, South Carolina. He died at age 100.
1997 ~ Israel Kamakawino’ole (b. May 20, 1959), Hawaiian singer-songwriter and ukulele player. He was born and died in Honolulu, Hawaii. He died at age 38.
1993 ~ Roy Campanella (b. Nov. 19, 1923), American professional baseball player and coach. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of heart failure at age 71 in woodland Hills, California.
1991 ~ Pauline A. Young (née Pauline Alice Young; b. Aug. 17, 1900), African-American educator, historian, civil rights activist and aviator. She was born in West Medford, Massachusetts. She died at age 90 in Wilmington, Delaware.
1957 ~ Malcolm Lowry (né Clarence Malcolm Lowry; b. July 28, 1909), British novelist. He is best known for his novelUnder the Volcano. He died about a month before his 48th birthday.
1949 ~ Ray Wilbur (né Ray Lyman Wilbur; b. Apr. 13, 1875), 31st United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Herbert Hoover from March 1929 until March 1933. He was also a physician and served as the 3rdPresident of Stanford University. He was born in Boonesboro, Iowa. He died of heart disease at age 74 in Stanford, California.
1943 ~ Karl Landsteiner (b. June 14, 1868), Austrian biologist, physician and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died 12 days after his 75th birthday in New York, New York.
1939 ~ Ford Madox Ford (né Ford Hermann Hueffer; b. Dec. 17, 1873), English writer. He died at age 65 in France.
1938 ~ James Weldon Johnson (b. June 17, 1871), African-American author and civil rights activist. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He died 9 days after his 67th birthday in Wiscasset, Maine.
1938 ~ E.V. Lucas (né Edward Verrall Lucas; b. June 11, 1868), British humorist and author. His birthday is sometimes listed as June 12. He was born and died in London, England. He died 17 days after his 70th birthday.
1932 ~ Adelaide Ames (b. June 3, 1900), American astronomer. She died in a boating accident on Squam Lake in New Hampshire just 3 weeks after her 32nd birthday.
1922 ~ Albert I, Prince of Monaco (né Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; b. Nov. 13, 1848). He reigned from September 1889 until his death 32 years later. He was married first to Lady Mary Hamilton (1850 ~ 1922). After their divorce and annulment, he married Alice Heine (1857 ~ 1925). He and his second wife also separated after 12 years of marriage. He was of the House of Grimaldi. He was the son of Charles III, Prince of Monaco and Antoinette de Mérode. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 73.
1889 ~ Simon Cameron (b. Mar. 8, 1799), 26th United States Secretary of War. He served under President Abraham Lincoln from March 1861 until January 1862. He subsequently served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from March 1867 until March 1877. He was born and died in Maytown, Pennsylvania. He died at age 90.
1886 ~ David Davis (b. Mar. 9, 1815), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Abraham Lincoln. He served on the Court from October 1862 until March 1877. He replaced John Campbell on the Court. He was succeeded by John Harlan. He went on to be elected a United States Senator from Illinois and became the President pro tempore of the United States Senate. He was born in Cecil County, Maryland. He died in Bloomington, Illinois. He died at age 71.
1881 ~ Henry Stanbery (b. Feb. 20, 1803), 28th United States Attorney General. He served in that office under the Andrew Johnson administration from July 1866 until July 1868. He had previously served as the 1st Attorney General of Ohio. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 78.
1878 ~ Princess Mercedes of Orléans (b. June 24, 1860), Queen consort of Spain. She was the first wife of Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1857 ~ 1885). They married in 1878. She died of typhoid fever less than 6 months after their marriage. She was of the House of Orléans. She was the daughter of Antoine d’ Orléans, Duke of Montpensier and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain. She was Roman Catholic. She died 2 days after her 18th birthday.
1836 ~ Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (b. May 10, 1760), French soldier and composer. He composed a piece of music that would later become known as La Marseillaise, which is the French national anthem. He died at age 76.
1830 ~ George IV, King of the United Kingdom (b. Aug. 12, 1762). He ruled the United Kingdom from January 1820 until his death in June 1830. He was married to Princess Caroline of Brunswick (1768 ~ 1821). He was the Prince of Wales at the time of their wedding, making Caroline the Princess of Wales. It was an unhappy marriage that the two separated soon after the birth of their only child. He refused her entry into Westminster Abbey for his coronation. He was of the House of Hanover. He was the son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was of the Church of England. He died at age 67.
1810 ~ Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (b. Aug. 26, 1740), French inventor and co-inventor along with his brother, Jacques-Étienne (1845 ~ 1799), of the hot air balloon. He died at age 69; his brother died at age 54.
1796 ~ David Rittenhouse (b. Apr. 8, 1732), American astronomer and mathematician. He was also the first director of the United States mint. He was born in Roxborough Township, Pennsylvania, British America. He died at age 64 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1718 ~ Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. Feb. 28, 1690), member of the Russian royal family. In 1711, he married Duchess Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694 ~ 1715). He was of the House of Romanov. He was the son of Peter I, Tsar of Russia (Peter the Great) and Euodoxia Lopukhina. He died mysteriously at age 28 after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1541 ~ Francisco Pizarro (b. 1471), Spanish conqueror of Peru. He was assassinated in Lima, Peru by the son of his former companion, Diego de Almagro. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 70 years old at the time of his death.
1265 ~ Anne of Bohemia (b. 1200s), member of the Bohemian royal family. In 1216, at the age of 12, she was married to Henry II the Pious, High Duke of Poland (1196 ~ 1241), making her the High Duchess consort of Poland. She was of the Přemyslid dynasty. She was the daughter of Ottokar I, King of Bohemia and Constance of Hungary. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 60 or 61 at the time of her death.
985 ~ Ramiro III, King of León (b. 961). He reigned from 966 until 984. He lost the throne in 984. He died the following year. He was married to Sancha Gómez sometime after 983. Little is known of her life. He was of the Astur-Leonese dynasty. He was the son of Sancho I, King of León and Teresa Ansúrez. He was Roman Catholic. The exact date of his birth is not known. He is believed to have been about age 23 or 24 at the time of his death.
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