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Daily Almanac: May 26, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:23 a.m.
SET: 9:05 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
High: 79 °F
Low: 67 °F
Today is…:
• Ascension
• Sally Ride Day
• World Redhead Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1896 The Dow Jones Industrial Average is first published
• 1908 Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East
• 1972 The Soviet Union and the United States sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Births On This Day:
• 1907 John Wayne
American actor, singer, director, producer
• 1926 Miles Davis
American trumpet player, composer, bandleader
Deaths On This Day:
• 1976 Martin Heidegger
German philosopher
• 2008 Sydney Pollack
American director