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100 years anniversary | ||||
26 Jun 1924 | Peter Miles: British keeper of privy purse | |||
26 Jun 1924 | Syd Lawrence: Bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orch) | |||
26 Jun 1924 | After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave Dominican Republic | |||
26 Jun 1924 | Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway | |||
26 Jun 1924 | Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher (d. 2010) | |||
26 Jun 1924 | American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic. | |||
26 Jun 1924 | WW2 | Franklin Roosevelt gave a speech in support of Governor Alfred E. Smith during the Democratic Party National Convention in New York, New York, United States. | ||
26 Jun 1924 | After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave the Domincan Republic | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
26 Jun 1949 | 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) | |||
26 Jun 1949 | Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (d. 2015) | |||
26 Jun 1949 | Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter | |||
26 Jun 1949 | Kim Gu, Korean politician and educator, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876) | |||
26 Jun 1949 | WW2 | Captain Henry Richter was named the commanding officer of USS Saint Paul. | ||
26 Jun 1949 | WW2 | Hiroshi Nemoto departed Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. | ||
26 Jun 1949 | WW2 | Kim Gu was assassinated by Ahn Doo-hee in Seoul, South Korea. | ||
26 Jun 1949 | Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
26 Jun 1974 | Derek Jeter: Pequanock, New Jersey -- Shortstop (New York Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996) | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Dieter Kalt: Hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Jason Kendall: San Diego, California -- Catcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Derek Jeter, American baseball player | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress (The 4 Cats) | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Kristofer Steen, Swedish guitarist (Refused and Final Exit) | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Matt Striker, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor | |||
26 Jun 1974 | The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Cher divorced Sonny Bono after 10 years of marriage. Four days later, Cher married guitarist Gregg Allman, the couple split 10 days after that, got back together and split again. They did stay married for three years, producing Elijah Blue Allman. | |||
26 Jun 1974 | Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) | |||
26 Jun 1974 |
Bar code In 1974, at 8:01 a.m., a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum with a bar code printed on it passed over a scanner at the Marsh Supermarket, Troy, Ohio, and became the first product ever logged under the new Universal Product Code (UPC) computerized recognition system. Invented by IBM, and approved for use in 1973, the UPC is a 12-number bar code representing the manufacturer's identity and an assigned product number. Within nanoseconds, this information is read with a laser beam moving at around 10,000 inches per second and transfers it to the store’s database computer for price lookup and inventory management. |
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26 Jun 1974
Universal Product Code |
Universal Product Code (technology) The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, the first use of barcode technology in American retailing. |
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25 years anniversary | ||||
26 Jun 1999 | Elton John was reported to be in talks with a City finance house to secure a £25 million ($42.5 million) loan, using his back catalogue of hits as security. It had been reported that Elton had been spending £250,000 ($425,000) a week on credit cards. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
26 Jun 2004 | Ott Arder, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1950) | |||
26 Jun 2004 | Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (b. 1929) | |||
26 Jun 2004 | Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930) | |||
26 Jun 2004 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is re-elected as President of Iceland. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
26 Jun 2014 | Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925) | |||
26 Jun 2014 | Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian politician (b. 1941) | |||
26 Jun 2014 | Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921) | |||
26 Jun 2014 | Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931) |