History Blog

June 26

Happy Birthday RIP Viola Dan(Virginia Flugrath(1897–1987) Eleanor Parker(1922–2013) ; Michael “Mick” Jones–67 Christopher Isaak–66 Mark McKinney–63 Terri Nunn–63 Christopher O’Donnell–52 Sean Hayes–52 Jason Schwartzman–42 Ariana Grande-Butera–29 ; 1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions ; 1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio