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June 26

 * 1857 - The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
 * 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
 * 1940 - World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and northern part of Bukovina.
 * 1993 - The U.S. launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait.