One of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history occurred on May 28, 1977, at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky. This devastating event claimed the lives of 165 people and injured over 200, leaving a lasting imprint on American fire safety regulations. The Beverly Hills Supper Club…

On May 27, 2016, then-President Barack Obama made a historic visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to do so. This visit, coming over seven decades after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city in 1945, marked a significant moment…

On May 26, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act of Congress that officially organized Montana as a territory of the United States, carving out a path for the region’s formal entry into the Union. The discovery of gold in 1862 had triggered a rush of settlers to the area.…

On May 25, 1953, the United States marked a unique and somewhat controversial milestone in its atomic testing program. At the Nevada Test Site, under the larger Operation Upshot-Knothole, the U.S. conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test, codenamed “Grable.” The device used in this test was a 280mm…

On May 24, 2002, the United States and Russia signed a significant arms control agreement, known as the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), also referred to as the Moscow Treaty. This landmark pact was an effort to drastically reduce the nuclear arsenals maintained by both nations. The treaty was signed…