At this time is Thursday, June 26, the 177th day of 2025. There are 188 days left within the 12 months.
At this time in historical past:
On June 26, 2015, in its 5-4 Obergefell v. Hodges choice, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom legalized same-sex marriage throughout the nation, ruling that state-level bans on same-sex marriage violated the due course of and equal safety clauses of the Fourteenth Modification.
Additionally on this date:
In 1917, U.S. troops entered World Struggle I as the primary troops of the American Expeditionary Pressure landed in Saint-Nazaire, France.
In 1945, the constitution of the United Nations was signed by 50 international locations in San Francisco.
In 1948, the Berlin Airlift started in earnest after the Soviet Union lower off land and water routes to the remoted western sector of Berlin.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, the place he delivered his well-known speech expressing solidarity with the town’s residents, declaring: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I’m a Berliner”).
In 1993, President Invoice Clinton introduced the U.S. had launched missiles towards Iraqi targets due to “compelling proof” Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President George H.W. Bush.
In 1996, within the case of United States v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom discovered that the Virginia Navy Institute’s male-only admission coverage violated the Fourteenth Modification’s Equal Safety Clause. (VMI enrolled its first feminine cadets the next 12 months.)
In 1997, the primary Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone” by J.Okay. Rowling, was printed in the UK. It was later launched in the US beneath the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”
In 2008, in District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom struck down a handgun ban within the District of Columbia because it affirmed, 5-4, that a person’s proper to gun possession is protected by the Second Modification.
In 2013, within the case of United States v. Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom gave the nation’s legally married same-sex {couples} equal federal footing with all different married Individuals, and cleared the best way for same-sex marriages to renew in California in a separate choice.
At this time’s Birthdays:
- Jazz musician-composer Dave Grusin is 91.
- Singer Billy Davis Jr. is 87.
- Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician Gilberto Gil is 83.
- Basketball Corridor of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer is 72.
- Musician Mick Jones (The Conflict, Massive Audio Dynamite) is 70.
- Musician Chris Isaak is 69.
- Bicycle owner Greg LeMond is 64.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Shannon Sharpe is 57.
- Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is 55.
- Actor Sean Hayes is 55.
- Actor Chris O’Donnell is 55.
- Actor Nick Offerman is 55.
- Nation musician Gretchen Wilson is 52.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Derek Jeter is 51.
- Actor Jason Schwartzman is 45.
- Actor Aubrey Plaza is 41.
- Actor-author Jennette McCurdy is 33.
- Singer-actor Ariana Grande is 32.
- Actor Jacob Elordi is 28.