Wednesday, May 26, 2021

This Date in History - May 26


Happy birthday to Stevie Nicks, who has certainly aged well.

946:  KING EDMUND I OF ENGLAND IS MURDERED BY A THIEF WHOM HE PERSONALLY ATTACKS.

This is obviously in the pre-bodyguard years.

961:  KING OTTO I ELECTS HIS 6-YEAR-OLD OTTO II AS HEIR APPARENT AND CO-RULER OF THE EAST FRANKISH KINGDOM.

Chocolate milk for everybody!!!

1573:  THE BATTLE OF HAARLEMMERMEER, A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE DUTCH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.

I just wanted to type that word.

1857:  DRED SCOTT IS EMANCIPATED BY THE BLOW FAMILY, HIS ORIGINAL OWNERS.  

A good day to be Dred Scott.

1868:  THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON ENDS WITH HIS ACQUITTAL BY ONE VOTE.

Don't tell me he was colluding with Russia, too.

1886:  ACTOR AL JOLSON IS BORN.

Yeah, we ain't heard nothing yet.

1897:  "DRACULA,"  A GOTHIC NOVEL BY BRAM STOKER, IS PUBLISHED.

Book report due Friday.

1907:  ACTOR JOHN WAYNE IS BORN.

Howdy, Pilgrim.

1923:  ACTOR JAMES ARNESS IS BORN.

Mr. Dillon!!

1924:  COMPOSER VICTOR HERBERT DIES.

Corpses in Toyland.

1927:  THE LAST FORD MODEL T ROLLS OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AFTER A PRODUCTION RUN OF 15 MILLION VEHICLES.

How many recalls?

1939:  SPORTSCASTER BRETT MUSBERGER IS BORN.

Hiccup.

1940:  WORLD WAR II - ALLIED FORCES BEGIN A MASSIVE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK, FRANCE.

So that's where they got the idea for the movie.

1948:  SINGER STEVIE NICKS IS BORN.

Love Fleetwood Mac!

1949:  ACTRESS PAM GRIER IS BORN.

Foxy Brown!

1962:  ACTRESS GENIE FRANCIS IS BORN.

General Hospital fans, please note.

1967:  THE BEATLES "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" IS RELEASED.

Interesting album cover.

1968:  TRAFFIC CHANGES IN ICELAND FROM DRIVING ON THE LEFT TO DRIVING ON THE RIGHT OVERNIGHT.

That must have a positive impact on auto body shops there.

1972: THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION SIGN THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY.

Collusion!

1998:  THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US RULES THAT ELLIS ISLAND, THE HISTORIC GATEWAY FOR IMMIGRANTS IS MAINLY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOT NEW YORK.

This was a thing?

1998:  THE FIRST "NATIONAL SORRY DAY" WAS HELD IN AUSTRALIA.

I missed it.  Sorry.

2005:  ACTOR EDDIE ALBERT DIES.

You've got that countryside now.

2008:  DIRECTOR SYDNEY POLLACK DIES.

I once saw him at the dry cleaners.

2010:  TV HOST ART LINKLETTER DIES.

Adults Die The Darndest Deaths.

Dinner last night:  Leftover eggplant pecorino.



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