Jody Victor : I'll bet you can remember something that happened to you on this day. Here are some events from entertainment and sports history that happened on May 26th.

1913 - Actors' Equity Association was organized in New York City.

1928 - Andrew Payne ran 3,422 miles in 84 days in a time of 573 hours, 4 minutes and 34 seconds to win the Bunion Derby that ended at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1937 - Lionel Hampton and his band recorded the classic, Flying Home, for Decca Records.

1940 - Invitation to Learning was first heard on CBS radio. The educational radio program ran for 15 years on the network.

1954 - Liberace presented a three-hour, one-man concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Look at the official attendance : 13,000 women and 3,000 men! The performance nearly broke the box office mark of 18,000 set by pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski.

1956 - The first trailer bank opened for business in Locust Grove, Long Island, NY. The 46-foot-long trailer took in $100,000 in deposits its very first day.

1959 - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, Harvey Haddix, threw a no-hitter for 12 innings, but lost to the Milwaukee Braves 1-0 in the 13th inning. That's when Braves slugger Joe Adcock whacked a home run to win the game.

1961 - Dave Garroway told the NBC-TV brass that he was ready to retire. Garroway voiced his trademark, "Peace," with palm facing the camera, for the last time, after 10 years of the Today show early morning informing and entertaining.

1969 - Dick Cavett began a prime time summer TV series three nights a week on ABC. The critics said it was too much for Cavett. Within two years, ABC decided that Cavett would be the star of its late night offering five nights a week against Johnny Carson. Guess who kept his job?

1973 - Kathy Schmidt set an American women's javelin record with a toss of 207 feet, 10 inches in Modesto, CA.

1977 - The man called The Human Fly, George Willig, did the impossible. He scaled the World Trade Center in New York City, by fixing himself up to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top! It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and $1.10 in fines - a penny per floor.

1985 - A.J. Foyt made it to his 30th Indianapolis 500 as he got his sluggish Indy-car to start. In addition to winning four Indianapolis 500s as a driver, A.J. Foyt won the 1972 Daytona 500 and the 24 hours of Le Mans, making him the only man to have won the crown jewels of Indy car, NASCAR Winston Cup and international sports car racing.

1986 - Sylvester Stallone set a sales record for a non-sequel film with the release of Cobra. Ticket sales for the opening day premiere were $12.4 million.

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Jody Victor : Another day to find out what happened in the past.

1642 - The city of Montreal was founded by the French.

1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.

1896 - The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."

1920 - Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.

1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.

1974 - India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.

1980 - Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.

1994 - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.

2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.

2003 - President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.

2004 - Randy Johnson, age 40, became the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game.

2004 - Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.

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Jody Victor : On this day, May eleventh....

1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire  
1502 Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"        
1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)  
1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray
1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers considered it disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!
1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh  
1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0  
1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in San Fransisco
1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk VA
1864 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)  
1875 George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout  
1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39¼
1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49
1892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41½  
1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title  
1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms
1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4
1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented  
1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8
1919 Yankees' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie  
1923 10 homeruns hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals  
1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)   
1927 Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
1928 56th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2
1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's
1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady NY)
1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   
1935 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
1940 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6
1940 New York World's Fair reopens
1941 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England  
1943 Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
1943 US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)  
1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)  
1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron OH   
1949 1st Polaroid camera sold for $89.95 (NYC)
1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
1949 Siam renames itself Thailand  
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)   
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC
1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends  
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires  
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island  
1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2
1963 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0  
1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument  
1967 100,000,000th US phone connected  
1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1968 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games  
1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last American League pitcher to hit grand slam
1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1972 San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
1972 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site    
1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"  
1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV  
1978 Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC   
1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars   
1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, the others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1   
1987 1st heart-lung transplant takes place (Baltimore)
1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines   
1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1989 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired  
1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds 
1990 New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins  
1994 "Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances    
1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die  
1997 New York Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs   

Jody Victor

Jody Victor : There is almost no day that something important or interesting has not happened in the past. Here's what happened on May 4th....

1776 - Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

1874 - Frank Conrad, the American electrical engineer whose innovations led to the establishment of the first radio station, was born.

1886 - A labor demonstration for an eight-hour workday at Haymarket Square in Chicago turned into a riot when a bomb exploded.

1927 - The academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded.

1946 - A two-day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay ended after five people were killed.

1961 - A group of Freedom riders left Washington, D.C., for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.

1970 - Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.

1980 - Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito died at age 87.

1989 - Fired White House aide Oliver North was convicted of shredding documents and two other charges stemming from the Iran-Contra affair. (The convictions were overturned on appeal.)

1994 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat signed an accord on Palestinian autonomy that granted self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

1998 - Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was given four life sentences plus 30 years by a federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., under a plea agreement that spared him the death penalty.

2000 - Londoners elected their mayor for the first time.

2006 - A federal judge sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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