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Birthday May 26, 1689 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric |
Birthday May 26, 1799 Alexandr Pushkin, Russian writer (Eugene Onegin) |
Birthday May 26, 1886 Al Jolson, jazz singer, silent film Actor |
Birthday May 26, 1907 John Wayne is born |
Birthday May 26, 1907 John Wayne, shootist |
Birthday May 26, 1908 Robert Morley, English Actor |
Birthday May 26, 1910 Laurance Rockefeller, chairman, Chase Manhattan |
Birthday May 26, 1918 A. Pushkin |
Birthday May 26, 1920 Peggy Lee, in ND (is that all there is) |
Birthday May 26, 1923 James Arness, Actor (Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke) |
Birthday May 26, 1939 Teresa Stratas, in Toronto Ontario |
Birthday May 26, 1947 Sherry Bain, in Califor |
Birthday May 26, 1949 Dale Haddon, in Montrael Canada |
Birthday May 26, 1949 Pam Grier |
Birthday May 26, 1949 Hank Williams, Jr., country singer |
Birthday May 26, 1951 Sally K. Ride, 1st American woman in space (STS-7, 41G) |
Birthday May 26, 1962 Genie Francis, in Los Angeles |
History May 26, 1583 William of Ockham Day |
History May 26, 1637 Pequot massacres begin |
History May 26, 1781 Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia |
History May 26, 1782 Colonel William Crawford proceeds toward the Ohio |
History May 26, 1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress |
History May 26, 1864 Montana Territory created |
History May 26, 1864 Montana Territory organized |
History May 26, 1865 One of the last Confederate generals surrenders |
History May 26, 1868 President Johnson acquitted |
History May 26, 1868 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote |
History May 26, 1896 Czar Nicholas II crowned |
History May 26, 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average adopted |
History May 26, 1897 Bram Stoker's novel Dracula goes on sale in London |
History May 26, 1898 SF approves City Charter - allows Municipal ownership of utiliies |
History May 26, 1914 Gavrilo Princip sets out from Belgrade for Sarajevo |
History May 26, 1924 Coolidge signs stringent immigration law |
History May 26, 1927 Last day of Model T production at Ford |
History May 26, 1928 A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4 |
History May 26, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens |
History May 26, 1940 Britain's Operation Dynamo gets underway as President Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the Red Cross |
History May 26, 1943 1st president of Negro country to visit US - E Barclay - Liberia |
History May 26, 1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb |
History May 26, 1958 Union Square becomes State Historical Landmark |
History May 26, 1959 Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, but loses |
History May 26, 1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings - loses in 13th |
History May 26, 1960 United States charges Soviets with espionage |
History May 26, 1962 The British Invasion has an odd beginning |
History May 26, 1965 Australian troops depart for Vietnam |
History May 26, 1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth |
History May 26, 1971 North Vietnamese seize Snoul, Cambodia |
History May 26, 1972 Venera 8 launched toward Venus |
History May 26, 1977 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center |
History May 26, 1980 Soyuz 36 is launched |
History May 26, 1981 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth |
History May 26, 1991 Plane crashes in Thai jungle |
History May 26, 2005 Murder charges dropped against Marine |
History May 26, 2008 Sidney Pollack dies |