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Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.


You can view Lange photos/prints in high resolution at Shorpy American Historical Photo Archive


May 26, 1907: Everybody's favorite cowboy... John Wayne (Marion M. Robert Morrison) was born in Winterset, Iowa. In 83 of his films he played a cowboy. He gained just 1 Oscar as Best Actor playing Marshal Rooster Cogburn in True Grit.




May 26, 1940: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk (codename Operation Dynamo aka Miracle of Dunkirk) began. Over the next 9 days 385,000 Allied soldiers were rescued after a catastrophic defeat by German forces during the Battle of France. They left all their equipment behind.




Periodically, the RN dB falls under DunQirk attacks.




Edward Dmytryk's Cold War Hitchcockian thriller MIRAGE opened in New York City on May 26, 1965. Starring Gregory Peck, Diane Baker and Walter Matthau.



An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major. Gregory Peck was so happy with the quality of the film, that he gave screenwriter Peter Stone a Rolls-Royce as a post-production gift after the movie came out.

This film, was released on September 23, 1965 in the UK, and begins with a blackout in New York City. 48 days later, most of New York City, and large swaths of the Northeast including parts of Canada were actually plunged into darkness for 13 hours, beginning at 5:16 pm ET, on November 9, 1965. This in turn activated Mount Weather (aka High Point, aka Special Facility, aka Classified Location aka "Special Facilities Division") which went on full alert for the first time in its history. Possible Blackout cause: UFO.

The Northeast Blackout refresher...


The "Special Facility" never went on full alert again, until 9/11 and we're still living under that umbrella of shadowy secrecy till this very day.



May 26, 1970: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES had its world premiere in Los Angeles. Proceeds went to the City of Hope charity. Russ Meyer and fiancée Edy Williams attended along with Clint Eastwood, Lee Majors, Farrah Fawcett, Tippi Hedren, Sam Elliott and many others. It was perhaps the most violent G-rated film of the time.



May 26, 1971: ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES opened in Los Angeles.




Taco Bell was different in Nevada, back in the '90s.




May 26, 2002: Legendary journalist Flora Lewis died at age 79. She promoted her book on the January 17, 1966 Palomares nuclear incident on a March 27, 1967 episode of TO TELL THE TRUTH. Panelist Kitty Carlisle recused herself from voting due to her friendship with the author.