June 26th, 1944

Born on June 26th, 1944

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What happened on June 26th, 1944?

June 26th, 1944

World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Osuchy

What else happened on June 26th?

June 26th, 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.

June 26th, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act.

June 26th, 2003

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.

June 26th, 1997

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, is released.

June 26th, 1945

At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.

June 26th, 1918

World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops.

June 26th, 1907

Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia.

June 26th, 1906

The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.

June 26th, 1889

Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.

June 26th, 1886

French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine (pictured in liquid state), for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

June 26th, 1848

French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.

June 26th, 1844

Despite a thirty year age gap, Julia Gardiner Tyler married John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension and became the First Lady of the United States.

June 26th, 1740

War of Jenkins' Ear: Spanish troops stormed the British-held strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.

June 26th, 1409

The Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Pope Alexander V (pictured), becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the title of leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 26th

Born on June 26th, 1944

79

Volkhart Buchter

German rower

*June 26th, 1944, Śrem

79

Gennady Zyuganov

Russian politician (born 1944)

*June 26th, 1944, Mymrino

79

Wolfgang Weber

German footballer

*June 26th, 1944, Sławno

79

Annie Sinigalia

French actress

*June 26th, 1944, Montfort-l'Amaury

69

Arthur Doyle

American musician (1944-2014)

*June 26th, 1944, Birmingham †January 25th, 2014, Birmingham

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 26th?

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

30

Ariana Grande

American singer and actress (born 1993)

*June 26th, 1993, Boca Raton

81

Gilberto Gil

Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician

*June 26th, 1942, Salvador

62

Greg LeMond

American racing cyclist

*June 26th, 1961, Lakewood

75

Robert Coleman Richardson

American physicist

*June 26th, 1937, Washington, D.C. †February 19th, 2013, Ithaca

40

Simon Stenspil

Danish actor

*June 26th, 1983, Glostrup

65

Salvador Allende

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

*June 26th, 1908, Valparaíso †September 11th, 1973, Santiago

80

Claudio Abbado

Italian conductor (1933–2014)

*June 26th, 1933, Milan †January 20th, 2014, Bologna

55

Paolo Maldini

Italian association football player

*June 26th, 1968, Milan

73

Michael Persinger

American-Canadian psychologist

*June 26th, 1945, Jacksonville †August 14th, 2018, Greater Sudbury

77

William Purdy

American rower

*June 26th, 1946, Chicago

89

Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

*June 26th, 1894, Kronstadt †April 8th, 1984, Moscow

36

Samir Nasri

French association football player (born 1987)

*June 26th, 1987, Marseille

83

Luis Valdez

American writer and director

*June 26th, 1940, Delano

77

Leo Rossi

American actor

*June 26th, 1946, Trenton

90

Viola Dana

Actress (1897-1987)

*June 26th, 1897, Brooklyn †July 3rd, 1987, Woodland Hills

80

Warren Farrell

Author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

*June 26th, 1943, Queens

72

Ricky Jay

American magician and actor (1946–2018)

*June 26th, 1946, Brooklyn †November 24th, 2018, Los Angeles

87

Joan Harrison

English film producer and screenwriter (1907-1994)

*June 26th, 1907, Guildford †August 14th, 1994, London

67

Chris Isaak

American rock musician

*June 26th, 1956, Stockton

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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