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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1409" title="1409">1409</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Pisa" title="Council of Pisa">Council of Pisa</a> elected Peter of Candia as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Alexander_V" title="Antipope Alexander V">Pope Alexander V</a></b>, becoming the third simultaneous claimant of the title of leader of the Roman Catholic Church.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889" title="1889">1889</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangui" title="Bangui">Bangui</a></b>, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congo" title="French Congo">French Congo</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_French_Grand_Prix" title="1906 French Grand Prix">1906 French Grand Prix</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motor_racing" title="Grand Prix motor racing">Grand Prix motor racing</a> competition, began near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mans" title="Le Mans">Le Mans</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – At <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_International_Organization" title="United Nations Conference on International Organization">a conference</a></b> in San Francisco, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations#Original_members" title="Member states of the United Nations">delegates from 50 nations</a> signed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations" title="Charter of the United Nations">a charter</a> establishing the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> granted federal recognition to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">same-sex marriage</a> when it <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Windsor" title="United States v. Windsor">overturned</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Lotharingian" title="Robert the Lotharingian">Robert the Lotharingian</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1095); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Pierce_Blegen" title="Elizabeth Pierce Blegen">Elizabeth Pierce Blegen</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1888); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommie_Mbangwa" title="Pommie Mbangwa">Pommie Mbangwa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1976); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Campbell" title="Joel Campbell">Joel Campbell</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1992)</p>