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1530: A list of heretical books was drawn up in London. Tyndale’s Bible was burnt.
1830: Mary Had a little lamb is published. Sarah Josepha Hale’s poem is one of the best-known English language nursery rhymes.
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1844: Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph with the message, “What hath God wrought?”
In a demonstration witnessed by members of Congress, American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse dispatches a telegraph message from the U.S. Capitol to Alfred Vail at a railroad station in Baltimore, Maryland. The message—“What Hath God Wrought?”—was telegraphed back to the Capitol a moment later by Vail. The question, taken from the Bible (Numbers 23:23), had been suggested to Morse by Annie Ellworth, the daughter of the commissioner of patents.
1883: President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland opened the Brooklyn Bridge. President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland opened the Brooklyn Bridge. At the time, the Brooklyn Bridge was considered the greatest engineering feat, as it spanned 1,600 feet. When it opened, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
1901: Seventy eight miners died in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
1930: Amy Johnson flies solo from England to Australia. The English aviatrix was the first woman to achieve this feat. Her 18,000 km (11,000 mi) flight aboard a de Havilland Gypsy Moth aircraft took her from Croydon, U.K. to Darwin, Australia in 19 days.
1932: Opening of the Benue Bridge spanning the Benue River at Makurdi, Nigeria. At a cost of £1,000,000 (equal to £74,375,000 in 2022), it is the most expensive project Britain has undertaken in Africa and is Africa’s longest bridge.
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1909: The first action of Togo’s nationalist movement is taken when the richest man in Togoland (Togo), Octaviano Olympio, joins pastor Andreas Aku to petition German colonial authorities for equal treatment under law for the Togolese. A second petition is made in 1913.
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1941: German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood. On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood.
1970: Engineers begin drilling the world’s deepest hole. The Kola Superdeep Borehole had reached the unsurpassed depth of 12,262 meters (40,230 feet) before the project was abandoned due to a lack of funding.
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1991: Operation Solomon establishes an air transportation record: in 36 hours using 35 civilian and military aircraft, the Israeli military airlifts to Israel 14,325 Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel) who are endangered by unrest in Ethiopia.
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1993: Eritrea achieves national independence, from Ethiopia. The date commemorates this day in 1991 when soldiers of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front, fighting a 30-year war for Independence against Ethiopia, moved into the capital Asmara.
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2001: 23 die in the Jerusalem wedding hall disaster. Hundreds of wedding guests fell two stories deep when a portion of the third floor collapsed. The tragedy was Israel’s worst civil disaster.
2023: Tina Turner was a Swiss singer born on November 26, 1939. She died on this day in 2023, at age 83 in Küsnacht, Switzerland.
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2013: Then Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, CON, was re-elected as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Amaechi re-election was fiercely opposed by both President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP. He got 19 votes to beat his challenger, Jonah Jang of Plateau State who got 16 votes.
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BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: May 24
Bob Dylan, 83 years
Robert Zimmerman, also known as Bob Dylan is an influential American singer-songwriter who began as a folk singer associated with the protest movements of the 1960s with folk songs “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Times They Are a-Changin”.
By 1965 Dylan had moved toward pop music with “Like a Rolling Stone” but went on to explore many musical styles including country and gospel music. His song-writing is innovative for being introspective and personal and his songs have been widely covered by other musicians.
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Michael Chabon, 61 years
Michael Chabon is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist short story writer was born on 24 May 1963 in Washington, D.C. He spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984.
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Emma McKeon, 30 years
Emma McKeon is an Australian swimmer born on May 24, 1994, known for competing primarily in freestyle and butterfly events, she has established herself as one of Australia’s most successful swimmers, earning numerous medals at major international competitions.
McKeon’s performance at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro put her on the global stage as she won four medals, including a gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Her ability to excel in both individual and relay events has made her a valuable asset to the Australian swimming team.
Her achievements continued, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics marked a significant milestone in her career. McKeon won an astounding seven medals, including four golds, becoming the first female swimmer to achieve this feat at a single Olympics.
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