History Blog

June 26

Happy Birthday RIP Viola Dan(Virginia Flugrath(1897–1987) Eleanor Parker(1922–2013) ; Michael “Mick” Jones–70 Christopher Isaak–69 Mark McKinney–66 Terri Nunn–66 Christopher O’Donnell–55 Sean Hayes–55 Jason Schwartzman–45 Ariana Grande-Butera–32 ;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