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1848 – French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops. 1886 – French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine (pictured in liquid state) , for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 4 – ...
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.; 1892 – Pearl S. Buck (pictured), humanitarian and author whose bestselling Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature winning novel The Good Earth created popular American sympathy for China, is born.
June 3: Martyrs Day in Uganda; King's Official Birthday in New Zealand (2024); Western Australia Day (2024) Silhouette of Jack Jouett 1781 – American Revolutionary War : Jack Jouett (pictured) rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of British cavalry who had been sent to capture them.
Born in Los Angeles in 1980 as Carrie Nile, this July 4 baby is most famous for such shows as "Bravo After Hours with Carrie Keagan," "Big Morning Buzz Live," and appeared on "The Apprentice" in 2004.
June 26. 1694 - Birth of Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) 1730 - Birth of Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. 1817) 1793 - Death of Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720) 1810 - Death of Joseph Michel Montgolfier, inventor of the hot air balloon (b. 1740) 1824 - Birth of Lord Kelvin, Irish physicist and ...
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images ; Lionsgate Films Real talk, August 26 should be a national holiday — or at least a day of observance — due to how many hot movie stars were born on that date.
Recent days: June 25 – June 24 – June 23 This page was last edited on 26 June 2012, at 15:00 (UTC). Text ... This page was last edited on 26 June 2012, ...