History for May 26

History for May 26 - On-This-Day.com:
Al Jolson 1886 - Singer, actor, comedian, John Wayne (Marion Mitchell Morrison, Marion Robert Morrison) 1907 - Actor, director, producer, Peggy Lee (Norma Deloris Egstrom) 1920 - Singer, actress


James Arness 1923 - Actor ("Gunsmoke"), Sally K. Ride 1951 - Astronaut, Joe Dumars 1963 - Basketball player


1521 - Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.



1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted, by one vote, of all charges in his impeachment trial.


1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average appeared for the first time in the "Wall Street Journal."


1908 - In Persia, the first oil strike was made in the Middle East.


1940 - The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.


1959 - The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O.


1972 - The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) was signed by the U.S. and USSR. The short-term agreement put a freeze on the testing and deployment of intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles for a 5-year period.


1994 - U.S. President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights record.