On May 26, 1927, the last Model T was produced by Ford. Image of a Model T Ford taken sometime between 1946-1960 via Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts, no known restrictions
On the 26th of May in 1783 the people of North Stratford (Trumbull) Connecticut participated in a Great Jubilee Day to celebrate the end of the Revolutionary War. Cannons were fired as toasts were made to the Union of our country, George Washington, The U.S. Navy, The American Flag and eternal peace. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
“The view of Earth is spectacular.” – Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, was born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. Image of Sally in 1983 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Photograph of the solar eclipse of May 26, 1854, taken at West Point via LOC, no known restrictions
Flood refugee family in Hall County, near Memphis, Texas. These people, with all their earthly belongings, are bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, where they hope to pick cotton. They are from Arkansas. May 1937 photo by Dorothea Lange who was born on May 26, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the ABM Treaty and SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) on May 26, 1972 at the Moscow Summit. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
On May 26, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Organic Act that established Montana as a Territory. Image of Abraham Lincoln in 1864 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
When he reached New York City on May 26, 1928, it took Oklahoman Andy Payne just over 573 hours to win a cross-country footrace that began in Los Angeles, California. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
On May 26, 1868, members of the U.S. Senate voted on Articles II & III of impeachment and President Andrew Johnson was acquitted. Image: Votes on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson in May of 1868 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Marion Robert Morrison (John Wayne) was born on May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa. Of the nearly 170 films the he appeared in during his fifty year acting career, Wayne won one Academy Award in 1970. It was for Best Actor for his role as Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn in the 1969 western “True Grit.” Image of John Wayne from 1932 for The Big Stampede via Alamy
“The Queen of American pop music,” Peggy Lee, was born on May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota. Before writing or co-writing 270 songs, Lee left her home for California at the age of 17. She worked at a carnival and in a cafe before needing to return to North Dakota for a tonsillectomy. Image of Peggy Lee with Danny Thomas for the 1952 remake of The Jazz Singer via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
On today’s date May 26, 1959: the term “Frisbee” became a registered trademark when Wham-O received Trademark No. 679,186. Photo: Ken Westerfield doing a freestyle scissors catch 1977 – by Audra454 Own Work – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
On May 26, 1805 Meriwether Lewis writes in his journal that he sees the Rocky Mountains for the first time… “In the after part of the day I also walked out and ascended the river hills which I found sufficiently fortiegueing. On arriving to the summit [of] one of the highest points in the neighborhood I thought myself well repaid for my labor; as from this point I beheld the Rocky Mountains for the first time, I could only discover a few of the most elevated points above the horizon, the most remarkable of which by my pocket compass I found bore N. 65°. W. being a little to the N. of the N.W. extremity of the range of broken mountains seen this morning by Cap. C. these points of the Rocky Mountains were covered with snow and the sun shone on it in such manner as to give me the most plain and satisfactory view, while I viewed these mountains I felt a secret pleasure in finding myself so near the head of the heretofore conceived boundless Missouri; but when I reflected on the difficulties which this snowy barrier would most probably throw in my way to the Pacific, and the sufferings and hardships of myself and party in them, it in some measure counterballanced the joy I had felt in the first moments in which I gazed on them; but as I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils I will believe it a good comfortable road untill I am compelled to believe differently…” Image c. 1905 Statue of Meriwether Lewis created by American sculptor Charles Albert Lopez in Portland, Oregon via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
The Bank of North America was chartered by the Congress of the Confederation on May 26, 1781. It was the first chartered bank in the United States and played a crucial role in stabilizing the economy during the Revolutionary War. The bank officially opened in Philadelphia on January 7, 1782.
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