{"id":22455,"date":"2020-06-26T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=22455"},"modified":"2020-06-25T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T10:34:47","slug":"history-of-26-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-26-june\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 26 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 26 June<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute indecent material on the Internet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; J.K. Rowlings book &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/on-this-day.com\/links\/harrypotterbooks\">Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone<\/a>&#8221; was published in the U.K. The book was later released in the U.S. under the name &#8220;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone.&#8221; This was the first book in the Harry Potter series.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws that allow for a ban on doctor-assisted suicides.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. and Peru open school to train commandos to patrol Peru&#8217;s rivers for drug traffickers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers are always potentially liable for supervisor&#8217;s sexual misconduct toward an employee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; The Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics Corp. jointly announced that they had created a working draft of the human genome.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; Indonesia&#8217;s President Abdurrahman Wahid declared a state of emergency in the Moluccas due to the escalation of fighting between Christians and Muslims.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; Ray Bourque (Colorado Avalanche) announced his retirement just 17 days after winning his first Stanley Cup. Bouque retired after 22 years and held the NHL record for highest-scoring defenseman and playing in 19 consecutive All-Star games.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; David Hasseloff checked into The Betty Ford Center for treatment of alcoholism.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; WorldCom Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court\u00a0rules in\u00a0<em>Lawrence v. Texas<\/em>\u00a0that gender-based\u00a0sodomy laws\u00a0are unconstitutional.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mari Alkatiri, the first\u00a0Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pope Benedict XVI\u00a0reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest,\u00a0killing 25 people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Waldo Canyon fire\u00a0descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in\u00a0Colorado Springs\u00a0burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Riots\u00a0in China&#8217;s\u00a0Xinjiang\u00a0region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013 The\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court\u00a0ruled, 5\u20134, that Section 3 of the\u00a0Defense of Marriage Act\u00a0is unconstitutional and in violation of the\u00a0Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed\u00a0Bloody Friday\u00a0by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong> \u2013 The\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court\u00a0ruled, 5\u20134, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the\u00a014th Amendment to the United States Constitution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kanako Kond\u014d, Japanese voice actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Takashi Toritani, Japanese baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Zuzana Ku\u010dov\u00e1, Slovak tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vin\u00edcius Rodrigues Almeida, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Nick Compton, South African-English cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Toyonoshima Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Felipe Melo, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Antonio Rosati, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Indila, French singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Juan Barea, Puerto Rican-American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Yankuba Ceesay, Gambian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Elijah Dukes, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Raymond Felton, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Priscah Jeptoo, Kenyan runner<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0J\u016blija Tepliha, Latvian figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Deron Williams, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Preslava, Bulgarian singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013 Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Lama<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Duvier Riascos, Colombian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Samir Nasri, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Oliver Stang, German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Houssem Chemali, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Rudy Gobert, French basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer-songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Leonard Carow, German actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Callum Taylor, English cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chandler Smith, American racing driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Yesha Camile, Filipino child actress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 26 June 1996 &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support. 1997 &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute indecent material on the Internet. 1997 &#8211; J.K. 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