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Historical Events
on June 26th
- Lead Story
- U.S. begins Berlin Airlift,1948
- American Revolution
- Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies,1784
- Automotive
- Congress approves Federal Highway Act,1956
- Civil War
- Battle of Mechanicsville,1862
- Cold War
- Berlin Airlift begins,1948
- Crime
- A serial killer preys upon a woman out for a drive,1957
- Disaster
- Lightning strikes in Luxembourg,1807
- General Interest
- Conqueror of the Incas assassinated,1541
- U.N. Charter signed,1945
- St. Lawrence Seaway opened,1959
- Clinton punishes Iraq for plot to kill Bush,1993
- Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies,2003
- Hollywood
- Gone with the Wind re-released in United States,1998
- Literary
- Pearl Buck's birthday,1892
- Music
- Sonny and Cher's divorce becomes final,1975
- Old West
- Reno takes command of 7th Cavalry,1876
- Presidential
- President John Tyler weds his second wife,1844
- Kennedy claims solidarity with the people of Berlin,1963
- Sports
- Babe Didrikson born,1911
- Vietnam War
- Westmoreland given authority to commit U.S. forces,1965
- U.S. aircraft shifted to Thailand,1972
- World War I
- First U.S. troops arrive in France,1917
- World War II
- Turkey declares nonbelligerency,1940
- U.N. Charter is signed,1945
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