June 26th in history:
The first portion of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, opened on June 26th, 1870.
At the Coney Island amusement park in New York, the “Cyclone” roller coaster operated for the first time on this date in 1927.
On June 26th, 1963, President Kennedy traveled to Berlin, where the local crowd cheered upon hearing Kennedy proclaim “Ich bin ein Berliner.”
And it’s the birthday of a guy who has traveled the highways of France many times on his bicycle: three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond (1961).
