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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 1925 | Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev: USSR -- Cosmonaut (Voskhod II) | |||
| 26 Jun 1925 | Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1970) | |||
| 26 Jun 1925 | Wolfgang Unzicker, German Chess Grandmaster | |||
| 26 Jun 1925 | Pavel Belyayev USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod 2) | |||
| 26 Jun 1925 |
birth Pavel Belyayev Born 26 Jun 1925; died 10 Jan 1970 at age 44. Russian cosmonaut who was pilot of the historic Voskhod 2 space mission, launched on 18 Mar 1965. While the flight was in orbit, the co-pilot. Aleksey Leonov, became the first man to walk in space. The flight only lasted a day due to a failure of the automatic guidance system. Belyayev was selected for the space programme in 1960 he had nearly 15 years experience as a military pilot. He was originally scheduled to fly on the Vostok 8 mission into the Earth's van Allen radiation belt, but this was cancelled. When Belyayev died after a long stomach illness, periotonitis that resulted from an operation on a stomach ulcer, he became the first spaceman to die of natural causes. |
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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 1950 | Jaak Joala, Estonian singer (d. 2014) | |||
| 26 Jun 1950 | birth Junior Daye, Sweet Sensation, (1974 UK No.1 single with 'Sad Sweet Dreamer') | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Umeki Webb: WNBA guard / forward (Phoenix Mercury) | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Cher divorces Sonny Bono | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Chris Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Canadian opera singer | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902) | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. | |||
| 26 Jun 1975 | Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 2000 | President Clinton announces the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome. | |||
| 26 Jun 2000 | John Paul II reveals the third secret of Fátima. | |||
| 26 Jun 2000 | Britney Spears hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana announced that a new museum, due to open early next year, would include a section including fan mail, platinum records and genuine items of the singers clothing. | |||
| 26 Jun 2000 |
Human genome In 2000, the completion of a working draft reference DNA sequence of the human genome was announced at the White House by President Bill Clinton, and representatives from the Human Genome Project (HGP) and the private company Celera Genomics. Clinton stated that even greater discoveries would follow from the working draft. As a draft, it contained some gaps and errors, but represented about 95% of all genes. HGP expected to use it as a scaffold for generating the high-quality reference genome sequence within three years. This provides knowledge to link genes with particular diseases, of the influence of genetics and to help discover new treatments. |
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26 Jun 2000
human genome |
human genome (biology) 'Rough draft' of the human genome is announced jointly by President of the United States Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
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| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 2005 | Princess Alexia of the Netherlands | |||
| 26 Jun 2005 | Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (b. 1938) | |||
| 26 Jun 2005 | Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (b. 1943) | |||
| 26 Jun 2005 | Tickets for a forthcoming Rolling Stones gig at the Hollywood Bowl were set to become the most expensive in rock 'n' roll history. Fans would have to pay up to £249 for a seat - £2 per minute to watch the Stones. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 2010 | Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (b. 1932) | |||
| 26 Jun 2010 | Harald Keres, Estonian physicist (b. 1912) | |||
| 26 Jun 2010 | Sergio Vega, Mexican singer (b. 1969) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 26 Jun 2015 | Same-sex marriage was effectively legalized in the United States on June 26, 2015, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Prior to Obergefell, lower court decisions, state legislation, and popular referendums had already legalized same-sex marriage to some degree in 38 out of 50 U.S. states, comprising about 70% of the U.S. population. Federal benefits were previously extended to lawfully married same-sex couples following the Supreme Court's June 2013 decision in United States v. Windsor. Тhe United States became the twenty-first and most populous country to recognize same-sex marriage. | |||
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