June 26[edit]

1930: A boat carrying dynamite was struck by lightning near Brockville, Ontario, causing an explosion which killed 30 people.

1959: The first WSR-57 weather radar went online in Miami, Florida.

2012: The Waldo Canyon Fire advanced into Colorado Springs, Colorado, destroying over 300 homes and killing two people. It was part of a series of wildfires in Colorado caused by record heat and dry thunderstorms that summer.