Today in History - History - June 26th

1959Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

1991ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress

1994Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader

1991Ky medical examiner announces Zachary Taylor died of natural causes

1934W.E.B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP

1914The Indian Relief Act, passes after a protracted period of Passive Resistance led by Gandhi; it abolishes a £3 tax imposed on Indians who had not renewed their indentures and recognizes "the validity of Indian customary marriages"

1995Gunmen ambush Egyptian pres Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed

1934FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions

1993"Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV

1993Actress Julia Roberts & country singer Lyle Lovett wed

1970Chris O'Donnell, actor (School Ties, Robin-Batman Forever)

1895George Hainsworth, Toronto Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player

1993Ariana Grande, Boca Raton Florida, American singer (Problem, The Way)

1854Robert Borden, Grand-Pre Nova Scotia, (C) 8th Canadian PM (1911-20)

1974Derek Jeter, Pequanock NJ, shortstop (NY Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996)

1956Chris Isaak, Stockton Ca, rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game)

184410th US President John Tyler marries 2nd wife Julia Gardiner in NYC, 1st president to marry while in office

1915Author T. S. Eliot (26) weds governess Vivienne Haigh-Wood (27) at Hampstead Register Office in London

1961NFL Middle Linebacker Ray Nitschke (24) weds Jackie Forchette

1972NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (39) weds second wife Sandra Lemon

1739Taxonomist Carolus Linnaeus (32) weds Sara Elisabeth Moræa

1993NHL scoring champion Mario Lemieux (27) weds longtime girlfriend Nathalie Asselin at Notre Dame Basilica in Canada

1797US President John Quincy Adams (29) weds Louisa Johnson (22) at All Hallows Barking parish in London

1937Actress Mary Pickford (45) weds actor and band leader Charles Rogers (32)

1974Actress Elizabeth Taylor's 5th divorce from actor Richard Burton

1972NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (39) divorces first wife Dorothy Hoelle after nearly 2 decades of marriage

1997Don Hutson, first NFL wide receiver, dies at 84

1947Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada, dies of a heart attack at 76

1541Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.

2007Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. 1929)