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| June 26th |
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| About June 26th is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 188 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. June 26th is International Day in Support of Torture Victims and International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Births 1819 - Abner Doubleday, credited with inventing baseball 1922 - Eleanor Parker, actress (Detective Story, The Sound Of Music) 1970 - Irv Gotti - hip hop and R&B record producer (Murder Inc.) Deaths 1993 - Roy Campanella, Hall of Fame baseball catcher 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (South Carolina) Events 1870 - The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. 1963 - John F. Kennedy states the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) in a speech on a visit to West Berlin. |
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