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Events on Thursday 26 May 1938 1
1938House Un-American Activities Committee createdThe US House sets up the Dies CommitteeThe House of Representatives set up a special committee chaired by Martin Dies to investigate subversive activity. It later became the House Un-American Activities Committee, known for its anti-communist investigations during the McCarthy era.