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May 26 | |
| 1886 | Birth date of Al Jolson, singer and entertainer. (died 10/23/50) |
| 1892 | Birth date of Maxwell Bodenheim, poet, critic, and novelist. (died 2/7/54) |
| 1895 | Birth date of Leon Henderson, economist, Roosevelt Administration official. (died 10/19/86) |
| 1899 | Birth date of Aaron Douglas, artist and educator. (died 2/2/79) |
| 1933 | Singer Jimmie Rodgers dies of tuberculosis. He is 35 years old. |
| 1937 | UAW organizers are attacked and beaten by Ford thugs at the "Battle of the Overpass." |
| 1938 | Authorization of the House Committee for the Investigation of Un-American Activities (HUAC) under the leadership of Martin Dies. |