05-24-2006, 05:18 AM
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May 24th
1819 ~ Birthday of Queen Victoria.
1844 ~ The first telegram was sent by Samuel Morse, from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington, D.C., saying "What hath God wrought?".
1883 ~ The Brooklyn Bridge was opened.
1935 ~ The first MLB game played at night took place at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies.
1941 ~ The German battleship Bismarck sank the battlecruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, killing all but three crewmen.
1941 ~ Birthday of Bob Dylan, Singer and Songwriter.
1969 ~ Death of Willy Ley, rocket scientist.
1995 ~ Death of Harold Wilson, British statesman and P.M.
2001 ~ 23 people were killed and hundreds injured at a wedding party in Jerusalem when the floor collapsed.
2001 ~ Democrats gained control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Sen. Jeffords of Vermont declared himself an independent.
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