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What happened in history on this day: May 26?
On May 26 in ...
- 1969 - The ABC TV network airs the first The Dick Cavett Show 60-minute discussion/variety TV show in the USA.
- 1970 - The final episode of US TV show I Dream of Jeannie airs.
- 1975 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Smothers Brothers Show TV show in the USA.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network airs the last show of the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage.
- 2006 - Fox releases the film X-Men: The Last Stand to theaters.
- 2010 - The finale of the 9th season for the US TV show American Idol is watched by an estimated 24.2 million viewers, as Lee DeWyze beats Crystal Bowersox. The show also marks the last regular appearance of British judge Simon Cowell.
- 2011 - Paramount releases the film Kung Fu Panda 2 to theaters.
- 2022 - Final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV show airs, after 19 seasons.
Births on May 26
- 1884 - Birth of Charles Winninger in Athens, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Charlie Farrell Show).
- 1886 - Birth of Al Jolson AKA Asa Yoelson; jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee).
- 1893 - Birth of Norma Talmadge in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Sign on the Door, Camille).
- 1895 - Birth of Paul Lukas in Budapest, Hungary; actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx).
- 1907 - Birth of Carleton Young in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery).
- 1907 - Birth of Marion Michael Morrison (John Wayne) in Winterset, Iowa, USA; American actor/director/producer, appeared in over 250 films (Stagecoach, The Alamo, The Green Berets, True Grit) (dies 1979).
- 1908 - Birth of Robert Morley in Semley, Wiltshire, England; actor (High Road to China, African Queen).
- 1911 - Birth of Ben Alexander in Goldfield, Nevada, USA; actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off).
- 1913 - Birth of Peter Cushing in Kenley, Surrey, England; actor (Hound of the Baskervilles, Dracula, Star Wars, Doctor Who).
- 1914 - Birth of Archie Duncan in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Sherlock Holmes).
- 1919 - Birth of Jay Silverheels; actor (Tonto - The Lone Ranger).
- 1923 - Birth of Horst Tapper; German director/actor (Derrick).
- 1923 - Birth of James Arness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Matt Dillon - Gunsmoke, The Thing).
- 1923 - Birth of Roy Dotrice in Guernsey, Channel Islands; actor (The Wizard).
- 1925 - Birth of Alec McCowen in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England; actor (Never Say Never Again, Frenzy, Hanover Street, Stevie).
- 1927 - Birth of Jacques Bergerac in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France; actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in the Sun).
- 1947 - Birth of Sherry Bain in Redlands, California, USA; actress (Pipe Dreams).
- 1949 - Birth of Dayle Haddon in Montréal, Québec, Canada; actress (Bedroom Eyes).
- 1949 - Birth of Pamela Suzette Grier in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough).
- 1949 - Birth of Philip Michael Thomas in Columbus, Ohio, USA; actor (Miami Vice).
- 1956 - Birth of Barbara Stock in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA; actress (Susan - Spenser For Hire).
- 1956 - Birth of Joe Penny; actor (Jake and the Fatman).
- 1957 - Birth of Margaret Colin; actress (Now and Again, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby).
- 1962 - Birth of Genie Francis in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence).
- 1963 - Birth of Charles Van Eman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Charlie - All My Children, Dynasty II).
- 1976 - Birth of Benji Gregory in Encino, California; actor (Brian Tanner - Alf).
- 1996 - Birth of Austin Michael Luciano; actor (Dante Carlino - Another World).
Deaths on May 26
- 1959 - Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at age 57.
- 1963 - Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at age 53.
- 1966 - Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at age 47.
- 1966 - Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at age 86.
- 1967 - George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at age 64.
- 1971 - John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at age 70.
- 1977 - Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at age 63.
- 1979 - George Brent, Irish actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd Street), dies at age 75 (born 1899).
- 1993 - Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at age 90.
- 2008 - Death of Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning Hollywood filmmaker (Our of Africa) and actor (Tootsie, Michael Clayton), at age 73 from cancer, in Los Angeles.
- 2015 - Death of Vicente Aranda, Spanish film director (born 1926).
- 2022 - Death of George Shapiro at age 91 of natural causes at home in Beverly Hills, California, USA; producer (Seinfeld TV show), celebrity manager.
- 2022 - Death of Ray Liotta AKA Raymond Julian Vicimarli at age 67 in his sleep in the Dominican Republic; American actor (Henry Hill - GoodFellas movie (1990), The Line movie (2009), Field of Dreams movie, Another World TV show, Something Wild movie (1986)).
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