History Blog

May 26

Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) “Jay Silverheels”(Harold Smith 1912–1980) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–83 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–74 Philip Michael Thomas–73 Pamela Grier–73 Randall Hank Williams Jr–73 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–60 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–60 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–58 Helena Bonham Carter–56 Matthew Stone–51 Lauryn Hill–47 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was $40.94. Today it closed at 32,120!