May 24
1819 - Britain's Queen Victoria 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, opened to traffic.
1899 - W.T. McCullough of Boston opened the first public garage. One could rent space for selling, storing and repairing vehicles.
1937 - In a set of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935.
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 died in New York at age 75.
1976 - The British and French Concordes made their first trans-Atlantic commercial flights to Washington, D.C.
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, effectively handing over control of the Senate to the Democrats.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey taped the final episode of her long-running talk show.
2012 - President Barack Obama doubled down on criticism of rival Mitt Romney’s background as a venture capitalist, telling a rally at the Cockeye State Fairgrounds there might be value in such experience but “not in the White House.”
2012 - Brian Banks, a former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by what turned out to be a false rape accusation, burst into tears as a judge in Long Beach, California, threw out the charge that had sent Banks to prison for more than five years.
2017 - Setting past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting at the Vatican.
2021 - Tennessee became the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools.
Birthdays
24 - Daisy Edgar-Jones (actress)
27 - Kiiara (singer)
28 - Cayden Boyd (actor)
33 - Brianne Howey (actress)
34 - Billy Gilman (singer)
41 - Jerod Mixon (actor/rapper)
42 - Billy L. Sullivan (actor)
42 - Owen Benjamin (actor)
43 - Tracy McGrady (basketball player)
44 - Bryan Greenberg (actor)
48 - Dash Mihok (actor)
49 - Bartolo Colon (baseball player)
53 - Carl Payne (actor)
55 - Eric Close (actor)
55 - Dana Ashbrook (actor)
57 - John C. Reilly (actor)
62 - Kristin Scott Thomas (actress)
62 - Cliff Parisi (actor)
67 - Rosanne Cash (singer)
69 - Alfred Molina (actor)
73 - Jim Broadbent (actor)
75 - Mike Reid (singer)
77 - Priscilla Presley (actress)
78 - Patti LaBelle (singer)
79 - Gary Burghoff (actor)
81 - Bob Dylan (singer)
84 - Tommy Chong (actor/comedian)
96 - Stanley Baxter (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - May 24
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 made his major league debut with the New York Giants.
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.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers won a record 17th consecutive road game.
1986 - The Montreal Canadiens won a record 23rd Stanley Cup after defeating the Calgary Flames in five games.
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 in seven years after defeating the Boston Bruins in five games.
1990 - Andre Dawson was walked intentionally five times in a game.
2003 - At the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, 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 (transporting a white woman across state lines).
1819 - Britain's Queen Victoria 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, opened to traffic.
1899 - W.T. McCullough of Boston opened the first public garage. One could rent space for selling, storing and repairing vehicles.
1937 - In a set of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935.
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 died in New York at age 75.
1976 - The British and French Concordes made their first trans-Atlantic commercial flights to Washington, D.C.
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, effectively handing over control of the Senate to the Democrats.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey taped the final episode of her long-running talk show.
2012 - President Barack Obama doubled down on criticism of rival Mitt Romney’s background as a venture capitalist, telling a rally at the Cockeye State Fairgrounds there might be value in such experience but “not in the White House.”
2012 - Brian Banks, a former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by what turned out to be a false rape accusation, burst into tears as a judge in Long Beach, California, threw out the charge that had sent Banks to prison for more than five years.
2017 - Setting past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting at the Vatican.
2021 - Tennessee became the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools.
Birthdays
24 - Daisy Edgar-Jones (actress)
27 - Kiiara (singer)
28 - Cayden Boyd (actor)
33 - Brianne Howey (actress)
34 - Billy Gilman (singer)
41 - Jerod Mixon (actor/rapper)
42 - Billy L. Sullivan (actor)
42 - Owen Benjamin (actor)
43 - Tracy McGrady (basketball player)
44 - Bryan Greenberg (actor)
48 - Dash Mihok (actor)
49 - Bartolo Colon (baseball player)
53 - Carl Payne (actor)
55 - Eric Close (actor)
55 - Dana Ashbrook (actor)
57 - John C. Reilly (actor)
62 - Kristin Scott Thomas (actress)
62 - Cliff Parisi (actor)
67 - Rosanne Cash (singer)
69 - Alfred Molina (actor)
73 - Jim Broadbent (actor)
75 - Mike Reid (singer)
77 - Priscilla Presley (actress)
78 - Patti LaBelle (singer)
79 - Gary Burghoff (actor)
81 - Bob Dylan (singer)
84 - Tommy Chong (actor/comedian)
96 - Stanley Baxter (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - May 24
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 made his major league debut with the New York Giants.
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.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers won a record 17th consecutive road game.
1986 - The Montreal Canadiens won a record 23rd Stanley Cup after defeating the Calgary Flames in five games.
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 in seven years after defeating the Boston Bruins in five games.
1990 - Andre Dawson was walked intentionally five times in a game.
2003 - At the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, 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 (transporting a white woman across state lines).
