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This Day In History May 26


Pequot massacres begin Colonel William Crawford proceeds toward the Ohio Montana Territory created One of the last Confederate generals surrenders President Johnson acquitted Czar Nicholas II crowned Bram Stoker's novel Dracula goes on sale in London Dracula goes on sale in London John Wayne is born Gavrilo Princip sets out from Belgrade for Sarajevo Coolidge signs stringent immigration law Last day of Model T production at Ford Britain's Operation Dynamo gets underway as President Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the Red Cross Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, but loses United States charges Soviets with espionage The British Invasion has an odd beginning Australian troops depart for Vietnam North Vietnamese seize Snoul, Cambodia Plane crashes in Thai jungle Murder charges dropped against Marine Sidney Pollack dies
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