Reuters
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 26:
1945 - The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco, creating a successor to the League of Nations. It became effective on October 24.
1960 - British Somaliland became independent. Five days later it merged with Italian Somaliland to become the Somali Republic.
1988 - Air France Airbus A320 crashes near Mulhouse, France.
1996 - Afghan guerrilla leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul and took over as prime minister.
2000 - An international team of scientists completed a working draft of the human genome -- all the genes in the human body.
2002 - A Brussels appeals court threw out a lawsuit against Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, ruling he was immune from investigation over his alleged role in a 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees.
2003 - Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, died. He was the oldest and longest-serving senator. He was 100.
2006 - U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett donated roughly $30.7 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, uniting the world's two richest people in a bid to fight disease, reduce poverty and improve education.
2011 - Police use water cannon against soccer fans at Buenos Aires at First Division playoff match.
2014 - Algeria's soccer squad celebrate entry into World Cup knockout stage for first time.
2017 - Captain Megan Couto of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) becomes first female infantry officer to command Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace.
