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Today in History: May 26

0017 Germanicus of Rome celebrates his victory over the Germans.

1647 A new law bans Catholic priests from the colony of Massachusetts. The penalty is banishment or death for a second offense.

1864 The territory of Montana is organized.

1865 The last Confederate army surrenders in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1868 President Andrew Johnson is acquitted of all charges of impeachment.

1940 The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk begins.

1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth.

1977 The movie Star Wars debuts.

1977 George Willig climbs the South Tower of NYC's World Trade Center, famously fined 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed

1998 The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York

2020 US restricts travel from Brazil as the country posts world's second highest number of recorded cases of COVID-19

Born on May 26

1886 Al Jolson, jazz singer and film actor.

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

1923 James Arness, actor (Gunsmoke).

JOTD
A man was driving down the road when a policeman stopped him. The officer looked in the back of the man’s truck and said, “Why are these penguins in your truck?”
The man replied, “These are my penguins. They belong to me.”
“You need to take them to the zoo,” the policeman said.
The next day, the officer saw the same guy driving down the road. He pulled him over again. He saw the penguins were still in the truck, but they were wearing sunglasses this time. “I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo!” the officer said.
“I did,” the man replied. “And today I’m taking them to the beach."