All the information is from History.com for May 24th:
Brooklyn Bridge opens, 1883
American Revolution - John Hancock becomes president of Congress, 1775
Civil War - Battle of North Anna continues, 1864
Cold War - John Foster Dulles dies, 1959
Crime - Lori Ann Auker disappears from parking lot, 1989
Disaster - Riot erupts at soccer match, 1964
Copernicus dies, 1543
Hollywood - Sex, Lies, and Videotape wins top prize at Cannes, 1989
Literary - Jospeh Brodsky is born, 1940
Music - Duke Ellington dies, 1974
Old West - Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Montana, 1863
Sports - MLB holds first night game, 1935
Vietnam War - Goldwater suggest using atomic weapons, 1964
Soldiers place controversial ad in antiwar newspaper, 1971
WW1 - British naval convoy system introduced, 1917
WW2 - The Bismarck sinks in the Hood, 1941
Auschwitz gets a new doctor: "The Angel of Death", 1943
*CaroleRae*
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