Daily Calendar for June 26th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1740s

• Born 1742: Arthur Middleton (U.S. statesman, signed U.S. Declaration of Independence)

1820s

• Born 1824: Lord Kelvin (physicist, inventor of the Kelvin temperature scale)

1840s

• 1844: John Tyler became the first president to marry while in office

1870s

• 1870: The first boardwalk in the world was completed at the resort town of Atlantic City, NJ

1890s

• Born 1892: Pearl S. Buck (Nobel prize-winning author, humanitarian)

1900s

• Born 1904: Peter Lorre (actor)

1920s

• 1927: Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster made its debut

1940s

• 1945: United Nations charter signed, San Francisco, CA

1950s

• Born 1956: Chris Isaak (singer)

• 1959: Opening ceremonies took place for the St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic

1960s

• 1963: President John F. Kennedy visited W. Berlin and gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech

1970s

• Born 1970: Chris O'Donnell (actor)

• Born 1970: Sean Hayes (actor)

• Born 1973: Gretchen Wilson (country singer)

• 1976: CN Tower, 1,815 ' high, opened to the public, Toronto, Ontario

1990s

• Died 1993: Roy Campanella (baseball player)

2000s

• Died 2002: Jay Berwanger (football player, first winner of the Heisman Trophy)

• Died 2003: Strom Thurmond died at age 100. He was the longest-serving senator in U.S. history

• 2004: Bob Barker, host of the television game show The Price is Right, was inducted into the Academy of Television and Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame

• Died 2007: Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)

2010s

• Died 2011: Norma Lyon (fourth official butter cow sculptor of the Iowa State Fair)

• Died 2012: Nora Ephron (screenwriter & director)