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On This Day In History for May 26, 2021
This is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining in 2021.
- It was on this date in 961, that King Otto I elected his 6 -year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.
- Also on May 26, 1869, Boston University was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on this date in 1896
- Also on May 26, 1897, Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, was published
- 94 years ago today, The last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
- Also on May 26, 1967, The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.
- It was also this date in 1969 that Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing
- It was on this date in 1970, that The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French-English mathematician and theorist, Abraham de Moivre, born on this date in 1667.
- Born May 26, 1907, American actor, director, and producer John Wayne.
- Peter Cushing, English actor, was born on that same date in 1913.
- American actor, James Arness was born 98 years ago today.
- Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader was born on that same date in 1926.
- American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist, Jack Kevorkian was born 93 years ago today.
- American singer-songwriter, Stevie Nicks is 73 today.
- Also turning 72 today is American computer programmer, who developed the first wiki Ward Cunningham.
- American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Hank Williams Jr. is 72 today.
- Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science was born on that same date in 1951.
- American astronomer and academic, Amanda Bauer is 42 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 26 – Eli Yukelzon
- 27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants
- 28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness
- 30 – Petri Lopia
- 31 – Troy Dunlavy
- 1 – Selganor
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 26, 2021
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