June 26 is Beautician’s Day
Forgiveness Day
National Chocolate Pudding Day
United Nations Charter Day commemorating the signing of the charter in five official languages – Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
From Today in Science
In 1498, the bristle toothbrush was invented in China. Coarse hairs taken from the back of a hog’s neck were used for the bristles, attached at right angles to a bone or bamboo handle (similar to the modern type). The best bristles came from hogs raised in the colder climates of China and Siberia, where the animals grew stouter and firmer hair. Since 3000 BC, ancient civilizations had been cleaning teeth with a “chew-stick” by using a thin twig with a frayed end.
June 26, 1721, Dr Zabdiel Boylston gave first smallpox inoculations in America. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts and he performed the first surgical operation by an American physician, the first removal of gall bladder stones in 1710, and the first removal of a breast tumor in 1718. He was a great-uncle to John Adams.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the mouth of the Kansas River at Kaw Point on June 26, 1804, after completing a westward trek of nearly 400 river miles.
The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr. on this date in 1819.
1844 – John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office.
On June 26, 1870, the Christian holiday of Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States.
The first section of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, was opened to the public in 1870.
June 26, 1896 – First movie theater in US opened, charging 10 cents for admission
The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was flown for the first time on June 26, 1942.
June 25, 1948 – The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin.
1961 – A Kuwaiti vote opposed Iraq’s annexation plans.
1963 – U.S. President John Kennedy announced “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.
1976 – The CN (Canadian National) Tower in Toronto, Canada, opened on June 26, 1976.
On June 26, 1985 Wilbur Snapp, a ballpark organist, was ejected from a game at the Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Florida, for playing “Three Blind Mice” in response to what he thought was a bad call from the umpire, Kevin O’Connor. The umpire pointed up to Snapp, who was sitting at his organ behind first base, then thumbed him out of the game. Snapp stepped away from his keyboard, but spent the remainder of the game twisting balloons into mice for the delighted fans, who began singing “Three Blind Mice.”
1987 – The movie “Dragnet” opened in the U.S.
1998 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers are always potentially liable for supervisor’s sexual misconduct toward an employee.