June 26th


1284: The legendary Pied Piper leads 130 children out of Hamelin, Germany. What happened to those children is the main plot of a "very special" Brothers Grimm fairy tale.


1959: The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships and anyone who wants to get the Hell out of the Midwest.


2008: The Supreme Court rules that the Washington, D.C. handgun ban is unconstitutional. The ruling clears the way for record numbers of suicides by Redskins and Wizards fans the following day.