June 26

This day in history:

  • 1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
  • 2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
  • 1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • 1886 – Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.

Births:

  • 1976 – Dave Rubin, American political commentator
  • 1997 – Callum Taylor, English cricketer
  • 1916 – Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (died 1988)

Deaths:

  • 1997 – Don Hutson, American football player and coach (born 1913)
  • 1856 – Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806)
  • 2015 – Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (born 1952)

Holidays:

  • International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland)
  • World Refrigeration Day (International)

Random Article of the day:

Shaw Court

Rogers Court is the headquarters of Shaw Communications operations in Alberta, located in Calgary.

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South Korea's Koribor, the benchmark for interbank short-term rates, remained largely steady on June 26, with the 2-month rate edging down by 0.01 percentage point to 2.53%.
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<Table> Korea Inter-bank Offered Rates (Koribor) – June 26

South Korea's Koribor, the benchmark for interbank short-term rates, remained largely steady on June 26, with the 2-month rate edging down by 0.01 percentage point to 2.53%.

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June 26

This day in history:

  • 1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
  • 1997 – J. K. Rowling publishes the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in United Kingdom.
  • 1988 – The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board.
  • 1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Births:

  • 1929 – June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005)
  • 1980 – Chris Shelton, American baseball player
  • 1914 – Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, European royalty (d. 2001)

Deaths:

  • 1955 – Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
  • 1958 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
  • 2010 – Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1912)

Holidays:

  • International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland)
  • Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)

Random Article of the day:

Sloan Museum

The Sloan Museum of Discovery is a nonprofit, public hands-on and interactive discovery museum located within the Flint Cultural Center in Flint, Michigan. The museum has four interactive primary galleries, including a hands-on earth sciences hall, an early childhood learning gallery, a local history gallery focusing on Genesee County and the Flint area, and an 11,000 square foot vehicle gallery featuring rare and historic vehicles built in Genesee County. The museum, named in honor of longtime General Motors chief executive officer Alfred P. Sloan, also operates rotating special exhibitions and celebrations.

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