More Notable Birthdays on May 26: 1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress 1951 - Sally Ride, born in Encino, California, physicist, astronaut, first American woman crewmember in space on the Challenger, founded NASA's Office of Exploration 1926 - Miles Davis, born in Alton, Illinois, jazz trumpeter, L'ascenseur pour l'echafaud 1907 - John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa, actor, Green Berets, True Grit