May 26 - Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up

This Day In History

17

Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero; he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti and other German tribes west of the Elbe.

1864

Montana is organized as a United States territory.

1896

Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

1897

Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.

1948

The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.

1969

Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.

1977

George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.

1998

The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.

Famous Birthdays

1667

Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)

1689

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)

1880

W. Otto Miessner, American composer and music educator (d. 1967)

1886

Al Jolson, American singer (d. 1950)

1895

Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)

1907

John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)

1912

Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (d. 1980)

1913

Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)

1920

Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)

1923

James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)

1926

Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (d. 1991)

1948

Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter

1951

Sally Ride, American astronaut

1955

Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef

1962

Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor

1966

Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
Zola Budd, South African athlete

1971

Matt Stone, American animator and filmmaker