At A Glance

26 June 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
26 June 2007 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Umbrella” by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z.
Top Film of 2007
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Bestselling Novel of 2007
“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2007.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2007–08 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 26 June is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 26 June 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 26 June 2007 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 26 June

  • 2000 The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
  • 2003 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that sex-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
  • 2006 Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
  • 2007 Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
  • 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Famous people born on June 26

  • Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (born 1993)
  • Jacob Elordi, Australian actor (born 1997)
  • Aubrey Plaza, American actress (born 1984)
  • Manon Bannerman, Swiss singer and dancer (born 2002)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2007 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 23 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th feature film, Meet the Robinsons, is released to the studio's strongest reception since 2002's Treasure Planet, but is a box office disappointment.
  • June 29 – Pixar Animation Studios' eighth feature film, Ratatouille, is released in theaters.
  • July 3 – Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.

Life in the US in 2007

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.80

Loaf of Bread

$1.28

Average House

$313,600

Weekly Wage

$676

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