May 24th

2001
Vermont senator James Jeffords quit the Republican Party and became an Independent, giving Democrats control of the Senate.
Jim Jeffords
2000
Israeli troops pulled out of Lebanon after 18 consecutive years of occupation.
1948 Palestine war
1994
Four men convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
Mohammed A. Salameh
1988
Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom which prohibited the promotion of homosexuality. Repealed 2001/2004.
Societal attitudes toward homosexuality
1976
Britain and France opened trans-Atlantic Concorde service to Washington.
Concorde
1962
Astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7.
Scott Carpenter
1958
United Press International was formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
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1956
The first Eurovision Song Contest is held. Lys Assia won the first edition for Switzerland. The ESC is a major song contest in Europe and one of the world's longest-running TV programs. It is held in a different country each year.
Eurovision Song Contest 1956
1941
German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive.
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1935
Major League Baseball’s first night game was played under the lights at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the hometown Reds defeated Philadelphia, 2–1.
Night game
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.
Amy Johnson
1899
W.T. McCullough of Boston, Mass., opened the first public garage. One could rent space for selling, storing and repairing vehicles.
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1883
The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic.
Brooklyn Bridge
1870
Engineers begin drilling the world's deepest hole. The Kola Superdeep Borehole had reached the unsurpassed depth of 12,262 meters (40,230 feett) before the project was abandoned due to lack of funding.
Kola Superdeep Borehole
1844
Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraph message, in which he asked, "What hath God wrought?".
Telegraph
1830
The first passenger railroad in the United States began service between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills, Md.
Ellicott City Station
1819
Queen Victoria was born in London.
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
1595
Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
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