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–85 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–76 Philip Michael Thomas–75 Pamela Grier–75 Randall Hank Williams Jr–75 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–62 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–62 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–60 Helena Bonham Carter–58 Matthew Stone–53 Lauryn Hill–49 ; 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!