What happened on June 26th?

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Year What happened?
1793 Gilbert White, a pioneering English naturalist and author of Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, dies at Selborne, Hampshire Learn more..
  37 years
1830 George IV dies and his brother, William IV, accedes to the throne Learn more..
  40 years
1870 Christmas day declared a federal holiday in the USA Learn more..
  75 years
1945 UN Charter, the founding document of the United Nations, was signed in San Francisco by 50 nations Learn more..
1948 The Berlin airlift starts Learn more..
  26 years
1974 A 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum at Marsh's Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, was the first scanning of a barcoded product Learn more..
  51 years
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