History Blog

June 26

Happy Birthday RIP Eleanor Parker(1922–2013) ; Michael “Mick” Jones–59 Christopher Isaak–58 Mark McKinney–55 Chris O’Donnell–44 Jason Schwartzman–34 ; 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