It happened on this day, June 26
events:
1097 – The First European Crusade enters Asian lands via Constantinople and forces the Seljuk garrison of Nicaea to surrender.
1791 – Omar Makram arrives for the first time in Cairo, coming from Upper Egypt.
1818 – German inventor Karl Drais obtains a patent for the bicycle.
1853 – Signing of the “Treaty of Maqta” between the French and Emir Abdelkader of Algeria.
1862 – The “Seven Day War” begins during the American Civil War under the reign of Abraham Lincoln.
1879 – Prince Muhammad Tawfiq Khedive is installed as ruler of Egypt after the deposition of his father, Khedive Ismail.
1940 – Turkey declares neutrality during World War II.
(1945–Signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco
1974 – The Syrian flag is raised in the town of Quneitra after the restoration of Syrian sovereignty over this town following the signing of the disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel.
1977 – Rock singer Elvis Presley's last concert takes place.
1979 – World-class boxer Muhammad Ali Clay retires.
1992 – The Danish national team wins the European Football Championship, held for the first time in Sweden, after winning the final match against the German national team by two goals to zero.
1993 – The United States launches a missile against Iraqi intelligence headquarters in Baghdad in retaliation for the attempted assassination of former President George Bush in Kuwait in April of that year, which was foiled before being carried out.
1995 – Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak is the victim of an assassination attempt after arriving in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to attend an African summit.
2006 – Montenegro joins the United Nations.
2015 – A suicide attack targeted the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in the Al-Sawaber region of Kuwait, killing 27 people and injuring at least 227 others.
✴️ The Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility for the attack on hotels in Sousse, the bombing of the Imam al-Sadiq mosque and the attack on Saint-Cantin-Fallavier, which left more than 62 dead in the three countries.
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Births:
1730 – Charles Messier, French astronomer.
1824 – Lord Kelvin, Scottish engineer and physicist.
1834 – Abd al-Baqi al-Alusi, an Iraqi Ottoman Muslim scholar.
1892 – Pearl Bok, American writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
1904 – Peter Lorre, American actor.
1908 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile.
1913 – Aimé Césaire, French politician, poet and writer.
1931 – Colin Wilson, English writer.
1933 – Hassan Mustafa, Egyptian actor.
1937 – Robert Richardson, American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996.
1944 – Gennady Zhuganov, Russian politician.
1952 – Bahia Hariri, Lebanese politician.
1955 – Aleksandrs Strakovs, Latvian footballer and coach.
1968 – Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer.
1970 – Takeshi Konomi, Japanese manga artist.
1974 – Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress.
1977 – Tait Kubo, Japanese mangaka.
1979 – Andy O'Brien, Irish footballer.
1980 – Jason Schwartzman, American actor.
1984 – Hussein Hakim, Kuwaiti footballer.
1987 – Samir Nasri, French footballer.
1988 – Dana Mardini, Syrian actress.
** Ruaa Al-Sabban, Jordanian actress and presenter working in the Emirates.
1990 – Yahya Al Shehri, Saudi footballer.
1993 – Ariana Grande, American-Italian singer, actress and songwriter.
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Death:
1086 – Abu Al-Hasan Al-Mujashi, Muslim scholar, linguist and Arab poet from the Maghreb.
1165 – Mansur bin Alwan Al-Saidawi, Levantine poet.
1541 – Francisco Pisarro, Spanish conquistador.
1831 – Murray Maxwell, British soldier.
1861 – Sultan Abdul Majid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
1933 – Ahmed Hamad Al-Hamoud (Abu Jalda), a Palestinian revolutionary executed by British Mandatory authorities.
1943 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian doctor who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1930.
1946 – Yusuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician.
1980 – Patriarch Ignatius Yacoub III, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
1996 – Abdel Badie El Araby, Egyptian actor.
2002 – Queen Humaira Begum, Queen Consort of Afghanistan
2003 – Marc-Vivien Foue, Cameroonian footballer.
2004 – Yash Johar, Indian Bollywood film producer.
2005 – Muhammad Mostagab, Egyptian writer.
2008 – Raouf Abbas Hamed, Egyptian historian.
2015 – Abdul Hamid Al-Rifai, Kuwaiti actor.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ International Day of Support for Victims of Torture.
⬅️ International Day Against Drugs and Illicit Trafficking.
⬅️ Independence Day in Madagascar.
⬅️ Independence Day in Somalia.
⬅️ Flag Day in Romania.
