In 1954, explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress. In 1865, Confederate forces west of the Mississippi surrendered in New Orleans. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow.
Today is Thursday, May 26, the 146th day of 2022.
