This Day in History

June 26th in History

The Berlin Airlift begins and the Coney Island coaster opens! Abner Doubleday, Willy Messerschmitt, and Derek Jeter are born; Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Strom Thurmond, and Liz Claiborne die. Happy Sunthorn Phu Day!

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Quote of the Day

"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked."

Pearl S. Buck, author born June 26, 1892