This Week In History

May 26 - In 1940, Allied forces began a ten-day evacuation of over 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France.

May 27 - In 1967, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.

May 28 - In 1984, President Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War.

May 29 - In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.

May 30 - In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

May 31 - In 1889, more than 2,000 people died when a dam broke and sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pennsylvania.