In 1986, more than 7 million people, including President Ronald Reagan, joined hands in a human chain across sixteen states to raise money for the hungry and homeless in the United States. How did they raise money? Participants paid ten dollars to earn their place in line.
Today is also
National Senior Health & Fitness Day
Scripps National Spelling Bee Days 26-27
International Whistlers Convention begins today in Quingdao, China (May 26-30). See www.whistlingiwc.com
On this date in history:
In 1896 The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 12 initial stocks was 40.94
In 1937 The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay opened.
In 1969 Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono stage a public ‘bed in’ for world peace – staying in bed for a week in a hotel in Montreal.
In 1985 The world’s first .com (dotcom) is registered and Windows 1.0 is released.
