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Friday, 26 June 2026
1980 Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building. 
1980 Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53.
1981 Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80.
1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1982 Dan Tobin, actor (I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian), dies at 73
1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6800 gold bars worth $38.7 million.
1985 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched.
1985 Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87
1986 Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48
1987 Emmanuel Bondeville, composer, dies at 89.
1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch
1988 Arafat Refused Entry into the U.S.
1988 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km).
1989 Ahmed Abdallah, president of Comores, dies.
1990 Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait.
1990 David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74
1991 Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students.
1991 Bob Johnson, US hockey coach (Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 60
1992 Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36
1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death
1994 Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71.
1995 Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106
1996 Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91
2006 US Judge James Robertson orders the US Treasury to change the dollar bill
2011 The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, the most elaborate Martian exploration vehicle to date, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It is slated to land on Mars on aug 5, 2012
2012 10 children are killed and 15 people are injured after a Syrian government Jet drops a cluster bomb on a playground
2017 Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo results in the deaths of at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings.
2017 Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests.
2018 NASA's InSight mission lands on Mars after a 7 month voyage
2018 Ukraine declares martial law in areas bordering Russia after Russia seizes three of its naval vessels.
2018 In this year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have made the inaugural genetically edited baby
2018 Australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore is handed her record equalling 7th world title as American contender Lakey Peterson is a shock 2nd round elimination at the season-ending Maui Pro in Hawaii
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