June 26th, 1979

Born on June 26th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

June 26th, 1243

Mongol invasions of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuq Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration of the Seljuk state.

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

Born on June 26th, 1979

44

Ryan Tedder

American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer

*June 26th, 1979, Tulsa

44

Ben Hudson

English singer, songwriter, and producer from Birmingham

*June 26th, 1979, Birmingham

44

Walter Herrmann

Argentine professional basketball player

*June 26th, 1979, Venado Tuerto

44

Ryo Fukuda

Japanese racing driver

*June 26th, 1979, Fukuoka

44

Luis González

Venezuelan baseball player

*June 26th, 1979, Maracay

44

Andrea Caroppo

Italian politician

*June 26th, 1979, Poggiardo

44

Giorgos Lanaris

Greek association football player

*June 26th, 1979, Veroia

44

Nathan Followill

American drummer

*June 26th, 1979, Mt. Juliet

44

Melissa Greene

Singer

*June 26th, 1979, Florida

44

Fraj Bnouni

Tunisian association football player

*June 26th, 1979, Monastir

44

Alaric Tay

Singaporean actor, film director

*June 26th, 1979, Singapore

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

30

Ariana Grande

American singer and actress (born 1993)

*June 26th, 1993, Boca Raton

40

Simon Stenspil

Danish actor

*June 26th, 1983, Glostrup

43

Rémy Vercoutre

French association football player

*June 26th, 1980, Grande-Synthe

43

Jason Schwartzman

American actor and musician

*June 26th, 1980, Los Angeles

42

Paolo Cannavaro

Italian footballer

*June 26th, 1981, Naples

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

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

36

Samir Nasri

French association football player (born 1987)

*June 26th, 1987, Marseille

62

Greg LeMond

American racing cyclist

*June 26th, 1961, Lakewood

55

Paolo Maldini

Italian association football player

*June 26th, 1968, Milan

42

Aleksandr Zakharchenko

Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic

*June 26th, 1976, Donetsk †August 31st, 2018, Pushkin Boulevard, Donetsk

40

Felipe Melo

Brazilian association football player

*June 26th, 1983, Volta Redonda

43

Michael Vick

American football player (born 1980)

*June 26th, 1980, Newport News

39

Aubrey Plaza

American actress, comedian, and producer (born 1984)

*June 26th, 1984, Wilmington

45

Signmark

Finnish musician

*June 26th, 1978, Helsinki

42

Damien Sargue

French actor and singer

*June 26th, 1981, Caen

65

Salvador Allende

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

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

53

Nick Offerman

American actor, writer, and comedian

*June 26th, 1970, Joliet

45

Alex Dezen

American singer and songwriter

*June 26th, 1978, New York City

53

Paul Thomas Anderson

American filmmaker

*June 26th, 1970, Studio City

42

Agustín Orion

Argentine footballer

*June 26th, 1981, Buenos Aires

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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