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What happened in history on this day: May 26?
On May 26 in ...
- 1781 - Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1790 - Territory South of River Ohio created by US Congress.
- 1805 - Lewis and Clark first see Rocky Mountains.
- 1829 - John Campbell takes office as US Treasurer.
- 1861 - US Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with CSA.
- 1861 - US Navy blockades New Orleans (Louisiana) and Mobile (Alabama).
- 1864 - Territory of Montana is formed.
- 1864 - Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia.
- 1865 - Battle of Galveston, Texas; Confederate States Army General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiates surrender of Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy.
- 1876 - HMS Challenger returns from 128,000km oceanographic exploration.
- 1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is first published in Customer's Afternoon Letter. It represents the average of twelve stocks from important American industries. The previous index by Charles Dow of mostly railroad stocks is replaced by only industrial stocks.Initial value is 40.94. The stocks are General Electric, American Cotton Oil Company, American Sugar Company, American Tobacco Company, Chicago Gas Company, Distilling & Cattle Feeding Company, Laclede Gas Light Company, National Lead Company, North American Company, Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company, U.S. Leather Company, and United States Rubber Company.
- 1906 - Archaeological Institute of America forms.
- 1913 - Actors' Equity Association forms (New York City).
- 1924 - US President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration Law (restricting immigration).
- 1927 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile.
- 1930 - US Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution.
- 1934 - (to October 31) The Century of Progress Exposition centennial fair opens for a second year in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1937 - In San Francisco, California, the Golden Gate Bridge unofficially opens, as 200,000 people across the new bridge.
- 1938 - House Committee on Un-American Activities begins work.
- 1941 - American Flag House (Betsy Ross' home) given to city of Philadelphia.
- 1943 - First president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia).
- 1944 - US 82nd Airborne division D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mère Eglise.
- 1945 - American bomber planes drop fire bombs on Tokyo, Japan.
- 1946 - Patent filed in US for hydrogen bomb.
- 1956 - US Navy aircraft carrier Bennington burns off Rhode Island, killing 103.
- 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1958 - Union Square, San Francisco becomes state historical landmark.
- 1961 - Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 1961 - US Air Force bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over three hours.
- 1966 - Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT accord.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1977 - George Willig climbs New York City World Trade Center.
- 1978 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, opens its first gambling casino, run by Resorts International. New Jersey governor Brendan Byrne opens the casino at 10AM. The first legal bet is made by Steve Lawrence, $10 on craps, pass, loses.
- 1981 - Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14.
- 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - Tulsa, Oklahoma gets 13 inches of rain, 14 die.
- 1987 - US Supreme Court rules dangerous defendants could be held without bail.
- 1987 - William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1992 - Charles Geschke, President of Adobe Systems, is kidnapped from his company parking lot. Kidnappers demand a ransom of $650,000 - they are later apprehended.
- 1995 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates issues an internal memo "The Internet Tidal Wave", saying he believes the Internet to be the single most important development in the computer industry since the IBM Personal Computer. He gives the highest level of importance to the Internet, calling it "critical to every part of our business".
- 2002 - A barge collides with the Interstate 40 bridge across the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma, leaving 14 dead.
- 2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2007 - In Woburn, Massachusetts, USA a meteorite punches a hole through a warehouse roof.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama announces the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
- 2010 - NASA's Atlantis space shuttle lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after completing its 32nd and likely final mission, delivering a Russian module and spare equipment to the International Space Station.
- 2015 - Charter Communications announces it will acquire rivals Time Warner Cable and Bright House. The resulting company will be worth US$130 billion.
Births on May 26
- 1884 - Birth of Charles Winninger in Athens, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Charlie Farrell Show).
- 1893 - Birth of Norma Talmadge in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Sign on the Door, Camille).
- 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).
- 1909 - Birth of Richard Maibaum in New York City, New York, USA; screenwriter (Goldfinger).
- 1910 - Birth of Laurence S Rockefeller in New York City, New York, USA; CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank).
- 1911 - Birth of Ben Alexander in Goldfield, Nevada, USA; actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off).
- 1920 - Birth of Peggy Lee [Norma Egstrom] in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA; singer ("Fever", "Why Don't You Do Right").
- 1923 - Birth of James Arness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Matt Dillon - Gunsmoke, The Thing).
- 1926 - Birth of Miles D. Davis in Alton, Illinois, USA; jazz trumpeter/pioneered cool jazz ("Porgy and Bess").
- 1938 - Birth of William Elden Bolcom in Seattle, Washington, USA; composer (Oracles).
- 1947 - Birth of Sherry Bain in Redlands, California, USA; actress (Pipe Dreams).
- 1948 - Birth of Stevie [Stephanie Lynn] Nicks in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; rocker (Fleetwood Mac - "Bella Donna").
- 1949 - Birth of Hank Williams Junior in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; country singer ("All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight", "There's A Tear In My Beer").
- 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).
- 1951 - Birth of Sally Kristen Ride in Los Angeles, California, USA; first US woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G).
- 1956 - Birth of Barbara Stock in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA; actress (Susan - Spenser For Hire).
- 1961 - Birth of Stephen Robert Pate in Ventura, California, USA; PGA golfer (1987 Southwest Classic).
- 1962 - Birth of Bob[cat] Goldthwait in Syracuse, New York, USA; comedian (Police Academy, Scrooged).
- 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).
- 1966 - Birth of Billy Downes in Camden, New Jersey, USA; Nike golfer (1994 New England Classic).
- 1967 - Birth of Jean Bartholomew in Queens, New York, USA; LPGA golfer (1989 Duke University Champion).
- 1975 - Birth of Travis Lee in San Diego, California; baseball first baseman (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Benji Gregory in Encino, California; actor (Brian Tanner - Alf).
- 1976 - Birth of Scott Humphries in Greely, Colorado; tennis star (1995 doubles Binghampton).
- 1981 - Birth of Isaac Slade; American singer/pianist (The Fray).
Deaths on May 26
- 1943 - Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at age 49.
- 1968 - William E "Little Willie" John, American rhythm and blues singer (Fever), dies at age 30.
- 1986 - Death of Gian-Carlo Coppola, American film producer (born 1963).
- 1991 - Tom Cassidy, news anchor (CNN), dies of AIDS at age 41.
- 1995 - Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at age 88 (born 1905).
- 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.
- 2017 - Death of Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (born 1928).
- 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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