TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

June 26, 1917

The first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War I landed in St. Nazaire.

ALSO ON THIS DATE

1925

Charles Chaplin’s classic comedy “The Gold Rush” premiered at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

1950

President Harry S. Truman authorized the U.S. Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean War.

1977

Elvis Presley performed his last concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

1997

The first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, was published in the United Kingdom (it was later released in the United States under the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”).