On This Day for June 26 - Opening of CN Tower, Babe Didrikson Zaharias is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. June 26 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Babe Didrikson Zaharias READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1976 Opening of CN Tower READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2013: In United States v. Windsor , the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the provision in the Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage for federal purposes as a legal union between one man and one woman. [ Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?] 2003: American politician Strom Thurmond—who, as one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history, came to personify the changing political landscape of the South—died. [Take our American politics quiz.] 1979: After almost 20 years of professional fights, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali announced his retirement from boxing. [Test your knowledge of sports.] 1977: Elvis Presley performed in public for the last time. [Take our quiz about rock and roll.] 1974: American baseball player Derek Jeter—who, as one of the game's leading competitors, helped the New York Yankees win multiple World Series titles—was born. [ Read our list of the 10 greatest baseball players of all time.] 1948: American writer Shirley Jackson's best-known work, the short story The Lottery, was first published, in The New Yorker; the tale is a powerful allegory of barbarism and social sacrifice. [Watch a dramatization of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1970 Paul Thomas Anderson American screenwriter and director 1980 Michael Vick American football player 1974 Derek Jeter American baseball player 1904 Peter Lorre Hungarian-American actor 1908 Salvador Allende president of Chile 1824 William Thomson, Baron Kelvin Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help