Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 26

Births

 * 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
 * 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964)
 * 1962 - Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (d. 2006)
 * 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
 * 1974 - Derek Jeter, (pictured) American baseball player
 * 1980 - Michael Vick, American football player
 * 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader

Deaths

 * 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru (murdered)
 * 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
 * 1968 - Tony Hancock, English comedian (b. 1928)
 * 1984 - Michel Foucault, French literary theorist (b. 1926)
 * 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
 * 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
 * 2005 - Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (b. 1943)

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