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ON THIS DAY- World War II

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    May 26. This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on  22 March 2018. May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining until the end of the year. 1940  –  World War II : Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. 1940 – World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison. 1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for                millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. 1998 – The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.    National Sorry Day  is an annual event that has been held in Australia on 26 May, since 1998, to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the country's
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Star Wars (film)

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  Star Wars  (later retitled  Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ) is a 1977 American  epic   space opera  film written and directed by  George Lucas . It is the first film in the original  Star Wars  trilogy and the beginning of the  Star Wars  franchise. Starring  Mark Hamill ,  Harrison Ford ,  Carrie Fisher ,  Peter Cushing ,  Alec Guinness ,  David Prowse ,  James Earl Jones ,  Anthony Daniels ,  Kenny Baker , and  Peter Mayhew , the film focuses on the  Rebel Alliance , led by  Princess Leia  (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the  Galactic Empire 's space station, the  Death Star . Star Wars  was released in theatres in the United States on May 25, 1977. It earned $461 million in the U.S. and $314 million overseas, totaling $775 million. It surpassed  Jaws  (1975) to become the  highest-grossing film of all time  until the release of  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial  (1982). When adjusted for inflation,  Star Wars is the  second-highest-grossing film in Nor
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