On This Day: 26 June

26 June in Indian history

• 1975Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.India
• 1740A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.India

26 June in world history

• 2024Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, returns to Australia after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a Saipan court and subsequently being released by the United States Department of Justice.
• 2015The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
• 2013The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act.
• 2012The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, United States, burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• 2003The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.
• 1991Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
• 1988The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board.
• 1963Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
• 1945At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
• 1944World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
• 1940World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
• 1907Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia.
• 1906The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.
• 1844Julia Gardiner married U.S. President John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension in New York, becoming the first lady.
• 1794French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marks the first successful military use of aircraft and turns the tide of the War of the First Coalition.
• 1243Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuk Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration of the Seljuk state.

Born on 26 June

• 1983Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1963Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist
• 1957Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1926Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (died 2020)India
• 1786Sunthorn Phu, Thai poet (died 1855)
• 12 BCAgrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (died 14)

Died on 26 June

• 2004Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (born 1929)India
• 1996Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born 1958)
• 1979Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (born 1936)
• 1957Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (born 1878)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 26 June in history?

2024: Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, returns to Australia after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a Saipan court and subsequently being released by the United States Department of Justice. 2015: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 2013: The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act. 2012: The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, United States, burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

What happened on 26 June in Indian history?

1975: Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. 1740: A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Which famous people were born on 26 June?

Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler (1983); Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist (1963); Patty Smyth, American singer-songwriter and musician (1957); Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (died 2020) (1926).

Which day is observed on 26 June?

Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan; Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland); International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International); International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International); World Refrigeration Day (International).