June 26, 1981 (Friday)
- Hua Guofeng formally resigned as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, the position that he had held since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.
- The film Stripes, starring Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, premiered in the United States, before being shown worldwide.
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Famous quotes containing the word june:
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers,
Of April, May, of June and July-flowers;
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides and of their bridal cakes;
I write of youth, of love, and have access
By these to sing of cleanly wantonness;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)