Wednesday, May 26, 2021

On This Day in History

May 26, 2021

Historical Events

1896  Dow Jones index begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)

1908  At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom

1927  Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin Lizzie

1948  South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy

2004  The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.

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