767 – St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1519 – King Carlos I is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
1897 – Marquis C. de Bonchamps’ expedition reaches Gore, Ethiopia
1922 – The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
1924 – Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
2000 – Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2011 – Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 27th June 2026
1580 – Duke of Alva’s army occupies Portugal
1890 – Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes the first Black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London
1898 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship
1934 – Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1976 – In South Africa, the National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
2018 – Complex carbon-based molecules are found by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, previously found only on Earth and in meteorites, in research published in Nature
Historical Events for 26th June 2026
1243 – Battle of Köse Dağ: Mongols under Baiju defeat Seljuk army of Sultan Kaykhusraw II during Mongol attacks in north east Turkey
1927 – Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth
1934 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the National Firearms Act into law, requiring registration and imposition of excise tax on firearms including machine guns. short-barreled shotguns and rifles, and silencers; exceptions made for pistol, revolvers, and long guns
1937 – Test cricket debut of all-time great English batsman Len Hutton v New Zealand in 1st Tests at Lord’s; scores 0 and 1
1972 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill two British Army soldiers in separate attacks during the day and at midnight begins a “bi-lateral truce”
1974 – The Universal Product Code (UPC) is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1992 – NYC’s MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
2015 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls for a referendum on new bailout terms during the Greek Credit Crisis
Historical Events for 25th June 2026
1483 – The House of Lords and Commons declares King Edward V of England as illegitimate based on his parent’s alleged bigamous marriage
1788 – Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1950 – Israeli airline El Al begins transatlantic service form Israel to New York City’s Idlewild Airport
1962 – İnönü government forms in Turkey
1978 – First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
1982 – Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
1984 – Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
2018 – Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares State of Emergency for wildfire spread over 8,200 acres in Lake County
Historical Events for 24th June 2026
1396 – Crusaders under Earl of Nevers reach Vienna
1472 – Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina departs Rome with a large entourage for Moscow to marry Ivan III
1497 – John Cabot claims parts of North America for England in what is now Eastern Canada, believing he has found Asia in Newfoundland
1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated in Lyon by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio
1968 – Australia all out for 78 v England at Lord’s
1970 – Bobby Murcer ties record of four consecutive home runs
2004 – Christie’s Auction House in New York City conducts sale of 80 of Eric Clapton and friends’ guitars to benefit Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility he co-founded in 1997, raising over $5M; “Blackie”, a 1956-57 composite Fender Stratocaster used as his primary instrument form the mid 70s until 1985 sells for a then record $959,500
2020 – NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks
Historical Events for 23rd June 2026
1848 – A bloody workers’ insurrection erupts in Paris as laborers and radicals rise against the newly proclaimed Second Republic after the closure of the National Workshops during the June Days uprising
1919 – Nitti government forms in Italy
1945 – Last organized Japanese defiance broken (Tarakan)
1954 – 122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994)
1992 – Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
2011 – NBA Draft: Duke point guard Kyrie Irving first pick Cleveland Cavaliers
2014 – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is re-elected President of Mauritania
2018 – Explosion at a rally in Addis Ababa after speech by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kills two and injures 150
Historical Events for 22nd June 2026
1870 – US Congress creates Department of Justice
1936 – Harry Froboess dives 110 meters from an airship into Lake Constance at the foot of the Alps and survives
1938 – Joe Louis scores a stunning 1st round KO of German Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium, NYC to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
1946 – English cricketer Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket at Lord’s
1957 – Kansas City stops using streetcars in its transit system
1989 – Business Day reports that SA is about to test an intermediate range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads
1992 – Supreme Court rules “hate crime” laws violated free-speech rights
2019 – Seven-story building collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, with at least 25 construction workers sleeping inside killed
Historical Events for 21st June 2026
1834 – American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine
1858 – Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
1923 – Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
1932 – German champion Max Schmeling loses NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight boxing titles in controversial split points decision to American Jack Sharkey in NYC, New York
1937 – French People’s Popular Front government of Socialist Léon Blum falls
1983 – Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
2019 – UK police called to house of leader contender Boris Johnson over alleged altercation with his girlfriend
2021 – New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is the first openly transgender athlete to be selected for the Olympics
Historical Events for 20th June 2026
1789 – French Revolution: The Third Estate of the French Estates-General swears the Tennis Court Oath at the Palace of Versailles, vowing not to disband until a new constitution is formed
1863 – West Virginia admitted as 35th US state of the Union
1944 – Great storm of 1944: Heavy Atlantic storm destroys Mulberry Harbor – allies artificial harbour used during D-Day at Omaha Beach
1949 – Tennis star Gussie Moran shocks Wimbledon by wearing a short dress “to look good and move more freely on the court”
1969 – A constitutional referendum in Rhodesia on declaring a republic is approved by 72% of the voting population
1975 – Film “Jaws,” based on Peter Benchley’s novel, directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Roy Scheider, is released
1980 – Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous points decision
1990 – Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
Historical Events for 19th June 2026
1269 – King Louis IX of France decrees all Jews must wear a yellow badge in public or be fined 10 livres of silver
1778 – George Washington’s Continental Army troops finally leave Valley Forge, their winter encampment
1926 – DeFord Bailey is 1st African American to perform on Nashville’s “Grand Ole Opry”
1937 – Francisco Franco’s Nationalist troops take Bilbao during their victorious Biscay Campaign in the Basques region during the Civil War
1940 – German 7th Armoured division under command of Rommel occupies Cherbourg
1960 – Loretta Lynn records “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl”
1992 – Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
2016 – NBA Finals: Cleveland Cavaliers win first title beating defending champion Golden State Warriors, 93-89 in Game 7; first team to overcome 3–1 deficit; MVP: LeBron James