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June 26 | |
| 1892 | Birth date of Pearl S. Buck, author and humanitarian. (died 3/6/73) |
| 1914 | Birth date of Babe Didrikson, athlete. (died 9/27/56) |
| 1935 | National Youth Administration created. |
| 1938 | Death of James Weldon Johnson, African American novelist, poet and civil-rights leader. |
| 1940 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized to make loans to plants producing war materials. |