June 26

Events
 * 1948 – William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor

Births


 * 1906 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)
 * 1933 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
 * 1934 – Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist
 * 1940 – Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The Fifth Dimension)
 * 1942 – Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture
 * 1943 – Georgie Fame, British singer
 * 1955 – Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
 * 1956 – Chris Isaak, American singer
 * 1957 – Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)
 * 1960 – Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist
 * 1969 – Colin Greenwood, British musician
 * 1970 – Irv Gotti, American record producer
 * 1972 – Garou, Canadian singer
 * 1973 – Gretchen Wilson, American singer
 * 1973 – Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
 * 1974 – Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys)
 * 1974 – Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer
 * 1975 – Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist
 * 1979 – Ryan Tedder, American Musician
 * 1980 – Sinik, French singer and rapper
 * 1981 – Damien Sargue, French singer
 * 1986 – Casey Desmond, American singer