June 26th in History
June 26th
1284 According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away.
1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, becomes King Richard III after Parliament declares in the Titulus Regius or the Act of Settlement that his nephew Edward V and Edward’s siblings are illegitimate, ending the boy king’s brief claim to the throne.
1718 Peter the Great's son, Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia dies from the effects of torture after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1900 The Russian Tsar orders that Russian must be the official language of Finland, despite growing unrest within Finland and increasing international concern over Russia's behavior there.
1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain.
1995 Karlheinz Stockhausen's musical piece "Helikopter-Streichquartett" premieres in and above Amsterdam - members of a string quartet perform in individual helicopters flying independent flight paths over Holland with sounds and video transmitted and mixed to audience in the concert hall.
The Millennium stadium ((known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium) was opened this day 1999 in Cardiff to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It replaced the National Stadium of Wales, which had a capacity of only 53,000 and the conversion to an all-seater stadium would have reduced the capacity to 47,500. In addition to the problems of capacity, it was well hidden by the neighbouring buildings and access to the ground was also very restricted.
* The first major event to be held was an international rugby match on 26 June 1999 when Wales beat South Africa by 29–19, the first time they had ever beaten the Springboks.
* It has a seating capacity of 74,500, additional seating can be added and the current record attendance is 74,576, recorded at Wales' 30–15 victory over Scotland in 2008
1971: New York radio station WNEW-FM becomes the first radio station to play Don McLean's new single, "American Pie". Split into two parts as an A and B side it adds up to 8 minutes 33 seconds.
1977: An overweight Elvis Presley performs what would be his last concert, for a crowd of 18,000 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. He would die aged 42 just seven weeks later.
1284 According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away.
1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, becomes King Richard III after Parliament declares in the Titulus Regius or the Act of Settlement that his nephew Edward V and Edward’s siblings are illegitimate, ending the boy king’s brief claim to the throne.
1718 Peter the Great's son, Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia dies from the effects of torture after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1900 The Russian Tsar orders that Russian must be the official language of Finland, despite growing unrest within Finland and increasing international concern over Russia's behavior there.
1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain.
1995 Karlheinz Stockhausen's musical piece "Helikopter-Streichquartett" premieres in and above Amsterdam - members of a string quartet perform in individual helicopters flying independent flight paths over Holland with sounds and video transmitted and mixed to audience in the concert hall.
The Millennium stadium ((known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium) was opened this day 1999 in Cardiff to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It replaced the National Stadium of Wales, which had a capacity of only 53,000 and the conversion to an all-seater stadium would have reduced the capacity to 47,500. In addition to the problems of capacity, it was well hidden by the neighbouring buildings and access to the ground was also very restricted.
* The first major event to be held was an international rugby match on 26 June 1999 when Wales beat South Africa by 29–19, the first time they had ever beaten the Springboks.
* It has a seating capacity of 74,500, additional seating can be added and the current record attendance is 74,576, recorded at Wales' 30–15 victory over Scotland in 2008
1971: New York radio station WNEW-FM becomes the first radio station to play Don McLean's new single, "American Pie". Split into two parts as an A and B side it adds up to 8 minutes 33 seconds.
1977: An overweight Elvis Presley performs what would be his last concert, for a crowd of 18,000 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. He would die aged 42 just seven weeks later.
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