What happened on 26 June?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1997 Harry Potter series J. K. Rowling's seven-book children's fantasy that became a global publishing phenomenon.
2. 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court legalises same-sex marriage in all US states.
3. 1483 Richard seizes the crown In eleven weeks Richard of Gloucester goes from loyal protector to king: the queen's kin arrested and executed, Hastings dragged from a council meeting to the block, his brother's
4. 1912 Mahler's Symphony No. 9 Mahler's last completed symphony.
5. 1968 Censorship abolished — the Spring in full leaf The Action Programme promises 'socialism with a human face'; by June censorship is formally abolished — unique in the Soviet bloc — and the press prints what it likes, including th
6. 1541 Assassination of Francisco Pizarro The conquerors fall to fighting over the spoils: followers of his executed rival Almagro burst into Pizarro's Lima palace on a Sunday and cut down the 63-year-old marquess, who die
7. 1955 The Freedom Charter At Kliptown, 3,000 delegates of the Congress Alliance adopt the demands collected from ordinary people across the country: 'South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and wh
8. 1963 Ich bin ein Berliner speech John F. Kennedy speaks in West Berlin in solidarity with the city; defining Cold War rhetorical moment.
9. 1858 The Treaty of Tientsin At gunpoint on the road to Beijing, China concedes ten more treaty ports, foreign legations in the capital, freedom for missionaries — and, soon after, a legalised opium trade. The
10. 1830 Reign of William IV Reign of William IV (1830-1837) as monarch of England (later Britain/UK).