What happened on June 26 ?

1681 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)

1689 - Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (d. 1769)

1694 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (d. 1768)

1702 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)

1703 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (d. 1767)

1819 - Abner Doubleday, Major General, United States Army and purported inventor of baseball (d. 1893)

1824 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)

1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937)

1865 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959)

1866 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)

1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)

1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)

1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

1904 - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)

1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964)

1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (d. 1974)

1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)

1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. 1956)

1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003)

1922 - Eleanor Parker, American actress

1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970)

1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor

1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)

1934 - Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist and composer

1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician

1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal

1937 - Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor

1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1941 - Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist

1942 - Gilberto Gil, singer, songwriter, and first Minister of Culture of Brazil

1943 - John Beasley, American actor

1943 - Georgie Fame, British singer

1945 - Dwight York, American cult leader and convicted child molester

1951 - Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer

1954 - Steve Barton, American actor, singer, and dancer

1955 - Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite)

1956 - Chris Isaak, American singer

1957 - Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)

1959 - Mark McKinney, Canadian actor

1961 - Greg Lemond, American cyclist

1961 - Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin) and actress

1962 - Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (d. 2006)

1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman

1968 - Rich Eisen, sports broadcaster

1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer

1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player and commentator

1969 - Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead)

1970 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor

1970 - Sean Hayes, American actor

1970 - Irv Gotti, American record producer

1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker

1972 - Garou, Canadian singer

1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer

1974 - Matt Striker, American professional wrestler

1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player

1974 - Jason Kendall, American baseball player

1976 - Ed Jovanovski, NHL hockey player

1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player

1976 - Joe Landon, American pornographic actor

1977 - Michael Thomas Dunn, American actor and filmmaker

1977 - Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist

1980 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor

1980 - Michael Vick, American football player

1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player

1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader

1990 - Ryan Ward, American actor

2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands