May 26: Historical Events and Celebrity Birthdays
Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 146th day of the year with 219 days remaining. It is Memorial Day. On this day in history, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of over 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory in 1864. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Immigration Act of 1924, limiting immigration. The Ford Model T production ended in 1927. The House Un-American Activities Committee was established in 1938. An explosion on the USS Bennington killed 103 sailors in 1954. The Beatles released their album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in 1972. In 1981, a Marine jet crash killed 14 people on the USS Nimitz. California's Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 in 2009. President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009. Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb general, was arrested in 2011 after a 16-year manhunt and later convicted of genocide and war crimes.
Celebrity birthdays today include singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks (78), actor Pam Grier (77), country singer Hank Williams Jr. (77), celebrity chef Masaharu Morimoto (71), actor Genie Francis (64), comedian Bobcat Goldthwait (64), musician Lenny Kravitz (62), actor Helena Bonham Carter (60), actor Joseph Fiennes (56), actor-producer-writer Matt Stone (55), singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill (51), singer Jaheim (48), NHL player Mathew Barzal (29), and actor Lola Flanery (21).
In conclusion, May 26 has been a significant day in history with various events and birthdays marking the day.