Daily Calendar for Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Born
- Josephine de Beauharnais (Empress of France) –
- Jean Anouilh (playwright) –
- Alan Turing ( computer science pioneer) –
- Bob Fosse (choreographer) –
- June Carter Cash (singer) –
- Wilma Rudolph (sprinter, Olympic gold medalist) –
- Clarence Thomas (U.S. Supreme Court justice) –
- Randy Jackson (music producer & judge on American Idol) –
- Frances McDormand (actress) –
- Selma Blair (actress) –
- KT Tunstall (musician) –
- Jason Mraz (musician) –
Died
- Jonas Salk (inventor of polio vaccine) –
- Maureen O'Sullivan (actress) –
- Aaron Spelling (American television producer ) –
- Rod Beck (baseball player) –
- Ed McMahon (television personality) –
- Dick Van Patten (actor) –
Events
- William Penn signed a treaty of peace and friendship with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans in what is now Pennsylvania –
- Texas voted for annexation by the United States after nearly ten years as an independent republic –
- First practical typewriter patented –
- Mercedes lodged as trade name –
- First U.S. national lip reading tournament, Philadelphia, PA –
- Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off for a round-the-world flight in their plane, the Winnie Mae –
- A 50-pound 4-ounce red snapper was caught in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana –
- Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody nominated as the U.S.’s first female four-star general –
- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck about 40 miles north of Ottawa near the Quebec-Ontario border –
- Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the Grand Canyon on a wire –
Weather
- It was 129 degrees F in Volcano Springs, California. This was the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States during the month of June –
- Hail accumulated a foot deep in El Dorado, Kansas –
- Billings, Montana, had a temperature of 104 degrees F –
- Hailstones the size of baseballs pounded areas of southeastern Manitoba –