History Blog

May 26

Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) Miles Davis(1926–1991) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–78 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–69 Philip Michael Thomas–68 Pamela Grier–68 Randall Hank Williams–68 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–55 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–55 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–53 Helena Bonham Carter–51 Matthew Stone–46 Lauryn Hill–42 ; 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’s value =  21,012.42