May 24
1819 - Queen Victoria, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, was born in London.
1830 - The first passenger railroad in the United States began service between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills, Maryland.
1844 - Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraph message, in which he asked, "What hath God wrought?"
1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, was opened to traffic.
1899 - W.T. McCullough of Boston opened the first public garage. One could rent space for selling, storing and repairing vehicles.
1941 - The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, killing all but three of the 1,418 men on board.
1958 - The United Press and the International News Service merged to form United Press International (UPI).
1961 - A group of Freedom Riders was arrested after arriving at a bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi, charged with breaching the peace for entering white-designated areas. (They ended up serving 60 days in jail.)
1962 - Astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7.
1974 - American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, 75, died in New York.
1976 - The British and French Concordes made their first commercial flights.
1980 - Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages.
1994 - Four men convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
2000 - Israeli troops pulled out of Lebanon after 18 years of occupation.
2001 - Vermont Sen. James Jeffords quit the Republican Party and became an Independent, the move shifted control of the U.S. Senate to the Democrats.
2011 - President Barack Obama was honored with a state dinner in London as he continued his visit to Britain.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey taped the final episode of her long-running syndicated talk show.
2016 - Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned violent as demonstrators threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, overturned trash cans and knocked down barricades.
2020 - The White House broadened its travel ban against countries hard hit by the coronavirus, saying it would deny admission to foreigners who had recently been in Brazil.
2020 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on trial on corruption charges, becoming the country’s first sitting prime minister to be tried. (The trial resumed in April.)
Birthdays
22 - Charlie Plummer (actor)
27 - Cayden Boyd (actor)
32 - Brianne Howey (actress)
41 - Billy L. Sullivan (actor)
41 - Owen Benjamin (actor)
42 - Tracy McGrady (basketball player)
43 - Bryan Greenberg (actor)
44 - Jo Joyner (actress)
48 - Bartolo Colon (baseball player)
52 - Carl Payne (actor)
54 - Eric Close (actor)
56 - John C. Reilly (actor)
61 - Kristin Scott Thomas (actress)
61 - Cliff Parisi (actor)
66 - Rosanne Cash (singer)
68 - Alfred Molina (actor)
72 - Jim Broadbent (actor)
74 - Mike Reid (country singer)
76 - Priscilla Presley (actress)
77 - Patti LaBelle (singer)
78 - Gary Burghoff (actor)
80 - Bob Dylan (singer)
83 - Tommy Chong (actor/comedian)
95 - Stanley Baxter (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - May 24
1902 - Bill Bradley (Cleveland) became the first American League player to hit home runs in four consecutive games.
1935 - Major League Baseball's first night game was played under the lights at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the hometown Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.
1951 - Willie Mays began playing for the New York Giants.
1962 - The officials of the National Football League ruled that halftime of regular season games would be cut to 15 minutes.
1964 - In Lima, Peru, a riot and panic followed an unpopular ruling by a referee in a soccer game between Peru and Argentina. More than 300 people were killed and over 500 were injured.
1967 - The AFL granted a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals.
1980 - The New York Islanders defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games to win their first Stanley Cup.
1986 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Calgary Flames in five games to win their 23rd Stanley Cup in franchise history.
1987 - Al Unser Sr. won his fourth Indianapolis 500.
1989 - Lee Gutterman (New York Yankees) set a record for pitching 30 and 2/3 innings before giving up his first run of the season.
1990 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fifth Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in five games.
1990 - Andre Dawson was intentionally walked five times during a game.
1992 - Al Unser Jr. holds off Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds to win the Indianapolis 500, the closest finish in race history; Unser Jr. also became the first second-generation driver to win the event.
2003 - At the Colonial in Fort Worth, TX, Annika Sorentam missed the cut by four shots. Two days early she had become the first woman in 58 years to play in the PGA.
2018 - President Donald Trump posthumously pardons former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson for a racially-oriented criminal conviction. (He was charged with transporting a white woman across state lines in 1913.)
1819 - Queen Victoria, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, was born in London.
1830 - The first passenger railroad in the United States began service between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills, Maryland.
1844 - Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraph message, in which he asked, "What hath God wrought?"
1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, was opened to traffic.
1899 - W.T. McCullough of Boston opened the first public garage. One could rent space for selling, storing and repairing vehicles.
1941 - The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, killing all but three of the 1,418 men on board.
1958 - The United Press and the International News Service merged to form United Press International (UPI).
1961 - A group of Freedom Riders was arrested after arriving at a bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi, charged with breaching the peace for entering white-designated areas. (They ended up serving 60 days in jail.)
1962 - Astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7.
1974 - American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, 75, died in New York.
1976 - The British and French Concordes made their first commercial flights.
1980 - Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages.
1994 - Four men convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
2000 - Israeli troops pulled out of Lebanon after 18 years of occupation.
2001 - Vermont Sen. James Jeffords quit the Republican Party and became an Independent, the move shifted control of the U.S. Senate to the Democrats.
2011 - President Barack Obama was honored with a state dinner in London as he continued his visit to Britain.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey taped the final episode of her long-running syndicated talk show.
2016 - Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned violent as demonstrators threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, overturned trash cans and knocked down barricades.
2020 - The White House broadened its travel ban against countries hard hit by the coronavirus, saying it would deny admission to foreigners who had recently been in Brazil.
2020 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on trial on corruption charges, becoming the country’s first sitting prime minister to be tried. (The trial resumed in April.)
Birthdays
22 - Charlie Plummer (actor)
27 - Cayden Boyd (actor)
32 - Brianne Howey (actress)
41 - Billy L. Sullivan (actor)
41 - Owen Benjamin (actor)
42 - Tracy McGrady (basketball player)
43 - Bryan Greenberg (actor)
44 - Jo Joyner (actress)
48 - Bartolo Colon (baseball player)
52 - Carl Payne (actor)
54 - Eric Close (actor)
56 - John C. Reilly (actor)
61 - Kristin Scott Thomas (actress)
61 - Cliff Parisi (actor)
66 - Rosanne Cash (singer)
68 - Alfred Molina (actor)
72 - Jim Broadbent (actor)
74 - Mike Reid (country singer)
76 - Priscilla Presley (actress)
77 - Patti LaBelle (singer)
78 - Gary Burghoff (actor)
80 - Bob Dylan (singer)
83 - Tommy Chong (actor/comedian)
95 - Stanley Baxter (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - May 24
1902 - Bill Bradley (Cleveland) became the first American League player to hit home runs in four consecutive games.
1935 - Major League Baseball's first night game was played under the lights at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the hometown Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.
1951 - Willie Mays began playing for the New York Giants.
1962 - The officials of the National Football League ruled that halftime of regular season games would be cut to 15 minutes.
1964 - In Lima, Peru, a riot and panic followed an unpopular ruling by a referee in a soccer game between Peru and Argentina. More than 300 people were killed and over 500 were injured.
1967 - The AFL granted a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals.
1980 - The New York Islanders defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games to win their first Stanley Cup.
1986 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Calgary Flames in five games to win their 23rd Stanley Cup in franchise history.
1987 - Al Unser Sr. won his fourth Indianapolis 500.
1989 - Lee Gutterman (New York Yankees) set a record for pitching 30 and 2/3 innings before giving up his first run of the season.
1990 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fifth Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in five games.
1990 - Andre Dawson was intentionally walked five times during a game.
1992 - Al Unser Jr. holds off Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds to win the Indianapolis 500, the closest finish in race history; Unser Jr. also became the first second-generation driver to win the event.
2003 - At the Colonial in Fort Worth, TX, Annika Sorentam missed the cut by four shots. Two days early she had become the first woman in 58 years to play in the PGA.
2018 - President Donald Trump posthumously pardons former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson for a racially-oriented criminal conviction. (He was charged with transporting a white woman across state lines in 1913.)
