1940: Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.

1972: President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

In the nation

2004: Nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.)

Today’s birthdays

Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 84. Musician Stevie Nicks is 75. Actor Pam Grier is 74. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 74. Musician Hank Williams Jr. is 74. Actor Genie Francis is 61. Comedian-actor-director Bobcat Goldthwait is 61. Musician-actor Lenny Kravitz is 59. Actor Helena Bonham Carter is 57. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 53. Musician Joey Kibble (Take 6) is 52. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 52. Musician Lauryn Hill is 48. — The Associated Press