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1498, 26th June: First toothbrush made in China.
1906, 26th June: First ever Grand Prix motor race was held at the Le Mans circuit of France.
1960, 26th June: Madagascar gained its independence from France.
1977, 26th June: Elvis Presley performed the last concert of his life in Indiana, USA.
1979, 26th June: Boxer Muhammad Ali retirded.
1997, 26th June: The first book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was first published.
2000, 26th June: P Bandopadhyay became the first woman Air Commodore in the Air Force.
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on June 26.
1564: Ahmad Sirhindi, an Indian Islamic scholar
1838: Bankimchandra Chatterjee, an Indian novelist, poet, and journalist.
1873: Gauhar Jaan, an Indian singer, and dancer.
1874: Shahu Maharaj, the first Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur.
1888: Bal Gandharva, a Marathi singer and stage actor.
1946: Aruna Roy, an Indian political and social activist.
1958: Suresh Gopi, an Indian actor, politician, playback singer, and television presenter.
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on June 26.
1810: Joseph Michel Montgolfier, a French inventor of the hot-air balloon.
2001: Vasant Purushottam Kale, an Indian-Marathi writer.
2004: Yash Johar, an Indian Bollywood film producer.
What happened in India on 26 June
26-June-1874
Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
26-June-1888
Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
26-June-1888
Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
26-June-1906
M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
26-June-1954
Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.
26-June-1955
Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
26-June-1975
Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by Government.
26-June-1982
First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar’ was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
26-June-1983
Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
26-June-1991
Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
26-June-1992
The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
26-June-1995
Madhya Pradesh declared “Tiger State” as it homes one sixth of the world’s tiger population.
26-June-1997
India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.