Today is Tuesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2026. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the “Night of the Long ...

Today is Monday, June 29, the 180th day of 2026. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On June 29, 2007, the first version of the iPhone went on sale to the public; over 2.3 billion iPhones have been sold to date. Also on this date: In 1520, Montezuma II, the ...

Today is Sunday, June 28, the 179th day of 2026. There are 186 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 28, 1914, in an act that helped trigger World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo ...

Today is Saturday, June 27, the 178th day of 2026. There are 187 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm, causing as many as 600 deaths. Also on this date: In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith ...

Today is Friday, June 26, the 177th day of 2026. There are 188 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 26, 2015, in its 5-4 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country, ruling that state-level bans on same-sex marriage violated ...

Today is Thursday, June 25, the 176th day of 2026. There are 189 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. The conflict would last for over three years and would bring about an estimated 4 million ...