ON THIS DAY- World War II

    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 Aboriginal People. During the 20th century, Australian government policies resulted in a "Stolen Generation", described by John Torpey as "Aboriginal children separated, often forcibly, from their families in the interest of turning them into white Australians".^[1]

On 26 May 1997, the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament. The date 26 May carries great significance for the Stolen Generations, as well as for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and its supporters among non-indigenous Australians.