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Events

• 1917 (109 years ago) World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4.
• 1934 (92 years ago) United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• 1940 (86 years ago) World 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.
• 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
• 1960 (66 years ago) Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• 1963 (63 years ago) Cold 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.
• 1991 (35 years ago) Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
• 1995 (31 years ago) Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

Births

• 1730 (296 years ago) Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (died 1817)
• 1824 (202 years ago) William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907)
• 1892 (134 years ago) Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
• 1908 (118 years ago) Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (died 1973)
• 1937 (89 years ago) Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
• 1963 (63 years ago) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist
• 1968 (58 years ago) Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
• 1993 (33 years ago) Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Deaths

• 363 (1663 years ago) Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (born 332)
• 1274 (752 years ago) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (born 1201)
• 1541 (485 years ago) Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (born c. 1471)
• 1830 (196 years ago) George IV of the United Kingdom,
• 1836 (190 years ago) Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (born 1760)
• 1856 (170 years ago) Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806)
• 1943 (83 years ago) Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
• 2012 (14 years ago) Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)

All 399 events, births and deaths of June 26