May 26

Events

1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
1830 - The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
1896 - Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1918 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session in the US Congress.
1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
1943 - Mass graves are discovered in Vinnytsia, Ukraine: killings conducted by the Soviet NKVD
1948 - Formation of the Israel Defense Forces
1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2004 – The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.