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Today is Thursday, May 28, the 148th day of 2026. There are 217 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Read more West Coast chemical emergencies raise questions about the safety of massive industrial tanks<\/a><\/p>\n

Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On May 28, 1959, the U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forced nearly 50,000 Native Americans, primarily in the Southeastern U.S., to move to designated territories west of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n

In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of free Black men, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War.<\/p>\n

In 1892, the Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco by naturalist John Muir.<\/p>\n

In 1918, American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.<\/p>\n

Read more Skateboarding icon Marc Johnson dies at 49: \u2018A genius and a tortured soul\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1972, burglars working on behalf of the Nixon White House broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., installing surveillance devices on telephones and taking photos of DNC documents. The ensuing scandal led to President Richard Nixon\u2019s resignation in 1974.<\/p>\n

In 1977, 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

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In 1987, to the embarrassment of Soviet officials, Mathias Rust, a teenage West German amateur pilot, landed a private plane near Moscow\u2019s Red Square without authorization. (Rust was held by the Soviets until he was pardoned and freed the following year.)<\/p>\n

In 2013, in one of the biggest money-laundering schemes in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people with effectively running an online, underworld bank, saying Liberty Reserve handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals worldwide. Its founder, Arthur Budovsky, was later convicted in the scheme and sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 82.<\/li>\n
  • Singer Gladys Knight is 82.<\/li>\n
  • Musician Billy Vera is 82.<\/li>\n
  • Musician John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 81.<\/li>\n
  • Country singer-songwriter Phil Vassar is 64.<\/li>\n
  • Singer-actor Kylie Minogue is 58.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Justin Kirk is 57.<\/li>\n
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is 55.<\/li>\n
  • TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 49.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Jake Johnson is 48.<\/li>\n
  • Singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat is 41.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Carey Mulligan is 41.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Lukas Gage is 31.<\/li>\n
  • Pop singer Dahyun is 28.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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