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What happened in history on this day: June 26?
On June 26 in ...
- 1985 - At Jack Russell Stadium, organist Wilbur Snapp is ejected by umpire Keith O'Connor from a Class A Florida League game for playing Three Blind Mice following a close call which goes against the Clearwater Phillies.
Births on June 26
- 1893 - Birth of Big Bill Broonzy in Mississippi, USA; blues singer/guitarist (Blues by Broonzy).
- 1894 - Birth of Bill Wirges in Buffalo, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Growing Paynes).
- 1902 - Birth of Antonia Brico in Rotterdam, Holland; conductor/pianist ("Antonia").
- 1914 - Birth of Richard Maltby; orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show).
- 1914 - Birth of Wolfgang Windgassen in Annemasse, Germany; tenor (Stuttgart Opera).
- 1933 - Birth of Claudio Abbado in Milan, Italy; conductor (London Symphony - 1982).
- 1940 - Birth of Billy Davis Junior in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer (Fifth Dimension - "One Less Bell").
- 1942 - Birth of Larry Taylor; rocker (Canned Heat - "On the Road Again").
- 1943 - Birth of Georgie Fame; rocker ("Get Away", "Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde").
- 1955 - Birth of Mick Jones; rocker (Big Audio Dynamite - "Tighten Up", The Clash).
- 1961 - Birth of Terri Nunn; singer (Berlin).
- 1963 - Birth of Harriet Wheeler; singer (The Sundays).
- 1969 - Birth of Colin Greenwood; bassist (Radiohead).
- 1979 - Birth of Ryan Tedder, American singer (OneRepublic).
Deaths on June 26
- 1983 - Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at age 82.
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