Today is Wednesday, June 26th, the 178th day of 2024. There are 188 days left this year.
Today’s History Highlight: In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviets cut off land and water routes to Berlin’s isolated western sector.
In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force sent to France during World War I landed in Saint-Nazaire.
In 1925, Charles Chaplin’s classic comedy, The Gold Rush, premiered at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
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In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he gave a famous speech in which he declared “I am a Berliner” and expressed solidarity with the city’s residents.
In 1977, a fire broke out at the Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee, spewing toxic fumes and killing 42 people. Elvis Presley performed his final concert at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush backed away from his “no new taxes” campaign promise and acknowledged that any deficit reduction plan he worked out with congressional negotiators would have to include tax increases.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton announced that the United States had fired missiles at targets in Iraq because he had “compelling evidence” that Iraq was plotting to assassinate former President George H.W. Bush.
In 1996, the Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or lose state support.
In 1997, the first novel in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling, was published in the UK (and later in the US under the title Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone).
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to affirm the existence of an individual right to own firearms, striking down the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns.
In 2013, the US Supreme Court granted legally married same-sex couples in the US the same federal status as all other married Americans, also paving the way for the reinstatement of same-sex marriage in California.
In 2020, after protesters in Washington, D.C., tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to protect monuments, memorials and statues.
A U.S. Navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest naval battle of World War II in the Philippines in 2022 has become the deepest shipwreck ever discovered, explorers say.
Today’s birthdays: Jazz musician and film composer Dave Grusin is 90; singer Billy Davis Jr. is 86; Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician Gilberto Gil is 82; R&B singer Brenda Holloway is 78; actor Robert Davi is 73; singer and musician Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) is 69; actor Gedde Watanabe (Gedde Watanabe) is 69; rock singer Chris Isaak is 68; rock singer Patti Smith (Scandal) is 67; singer Terri Nunn (Berlin) is 63; cyclist Greg Lemon is 63; rock musician Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) is 55; screenwriter and director Paul Thomas Anderson is 54; actor Sean Hayes is 54. Actor Chris O’Donnell is 54. Actor Nick Offerman is 54. Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter is 50. Country singer Gretchen Wilson is 51. Pop rock singer and musician Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) is 45. Actor Jason Schwartzman is 44. Actor Aubrey Plaza is 40. Author and actress Jennette McCurdy is 32. Actor and singer Ariana Grande is 31. Actor Jacob Elordi is 27.
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