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.