WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY MAY 26

PHOTO CREDITS- WIKIPEDIA/INTERNET ARCHIVE

1977 The movie Star Wars debuts.

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1972 The Soviet Union and the United States sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

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1970 The Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2

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1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth.

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1961 The civil rights activist group, Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee, is established in Atlanta.

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1958 Union Square, San Francisco, becomes a state historical landmark.

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1951 Sally Ride, astronaut, the first American woman in space.

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1946 A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.

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1940 The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk begins.

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1938 The House Committee on Un-American Activities begins its work of searching for subversives in the United States.

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1923 James Arness, actor (Gunsmoke).

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1923 The 24 Hours of Le Mans is held for the first time

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1920 Peggy Lee, jazz singer.

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1919 Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger).

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1908 Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East

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1907 John Wayne [Marion Michael Morrison], American actor and film icon.

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1903 Estes Kefauver, Tennessee senator.

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