Today In History

Today is Saturday, May 26, the 146th day of 2018. There are 219 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1868: The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

ON THIS DATE

› 1647: Alse Young was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, in the first recorded execution of a “witch” in the American colonies.

› 1805: Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy in Milan.

› 1897: The Gothic horror novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker was first published in London.

› 1918: The Democratic Republic of Georgia declared its independence. (Georgia was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1921, and did not reclaim its independence until 1991.)

› 1940: Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.

› 1972: President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

› 1978: Resorts Casino Hotel, the first legal U.S. casino outside Nevada, opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

› 1998: The U.S. Supreme Court made it far more difficult for police to be sued by people hurt during high-speed chases. The Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island, historic gateway for millions of immigrants, was mainly in New Jersey, not New York.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 79. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 73. Singer Stevie Nicks is 70. Actress Pam Grier is 69. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 69. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 69. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is 69. Actress Margaret Colin is

60. Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins is

59. Actor Doug Hutchison is 58. Actress Genie Francis is 56. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 56. Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz is 54. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 52. Distance runner Zola Budd is 52. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 50. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 48. Singer Joey Kibble (Take 6) is 47. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 47. Actress Elisabeth Harnois is 39. Actor Hrach Titizian is 39.