History for June 26

History for June 26 - On-This-Day.com
Pearl S. Buck 1892, William P. Lear 1902, Peter Lorre 1904 


Col. Tom Parker 1909, Eleanor Parker 1922, Greg LeMond 1961 


1819 - The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr. 


1917 - General John "Black Jack" Pershing arrived in France with the American Expeditionary Force. 


1927 - The Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster opened in New York. 


1936 - The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 made its first flight. It is often considered the first practical helicopter. 


1942 - The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was flown for the first time. 


1948 - The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin. 


1963 - U.S. President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall. 


1976 - The CN (Canadian National) Tower in Toronto, Canada, opened. 


1985 - Wilbur Snapp was ejected after playing "Three Blind Mice" during a baseball game. The incident followed a call made by umpire Keith O'Connor. 


1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers are always potentially liable for supervisor's sexual misconduct toward an employee. 


2000 - Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid declared a state of emergency in the Moluccas due to the escalation of fighting between Christians and Muslims.