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–79 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–70 Philip Michael Thomas–69 Pamela Grier–69 Randall Hank Williams–69 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–56 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–56 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–54 Helena Bonham Carter–52 Matthew Stone–47 Lauryn Hill–43 ; 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 =  24,811.76