June 26 Historical Events

The following events took place on June 26. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 72 events. Showing 61 - 72.

• 1997
  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2000
  President Clinton announces the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome.
• 2000
  Pope John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima.
• 2003
  The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
• 2004
  Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is re-elected as President of Iceland.
• 2006
  Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
• 2007
  Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive 2/3 of the votes.
• 2008
  Karmah Bombing: A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
• 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.
• 2013
  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2013
  Riots in China’s Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injuring 21 others.
• 2015
  The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges declares that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.