Today

Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 147th day of 2020. There are 219 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight

On May 26, 1981, 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.

On This Date

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the Montana Territory.

In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.

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

In 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.)

In 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The marriage, however, ended in 1996.)

In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court made it far more difficult for police to be sued by people hurt during high-speed chases.

In 2004, nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.)

In 2009, California’s Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.

Lottery

Megabucks: $1.8 million

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Mega Millions: $313 million

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Powerball: $114 million

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Win for Life: May 23

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Pick 4: May 24

• 1 p.m.: 5-8-3-3

• 4 p.m.: 3-4-5-7

• 7 p.m.: 3-0-8-4

• 10 p.m.: 8-6-7-5

Pick 4: May 23

• 1 p.m.: 6-0-0-5

• 4 p.m.: 5-5-7-6

• 7 p.m.: 4-6-1-6

• 10 p.m.: 4-3-3-6

Pick 4: May 22

• 1 p.m.: 7-1-7-8

• 4 p.m.: 8-1-3-9

• 7 p.m.: 9-2-5-8

• 10 p.m.: 3-1-4-4

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Today’s Quote

“I am never afraid of what I know.”

— Anna Sewell, English author (1820-1878)