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Title: Today in History for Saturday, May 24th View count: 3066 Rating: 5.0 (8 ratings) Description: Today in HistoryToday in History for Saturday, May 24thToday in History for Saturday, May 24thThe Associated PressHighlights of this day in history: Samuel Morse opens America's first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain's Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born. (May 24)May 24th, 1844: (AP Photos)(NAT of Morse Code)Inventor Samuel Morse opens America's first telegraph line.He transmits the message "What Hath God Wrought?" from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.1994:(AP Archive Video / AP Photos)In New York, four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center the year before are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.Ed Smith is the husband of one of the bombing victims:(SOT of Smith)More than seven years later, a second terrorist attack on September 11th topples the Twin Towers, killing nearly three-thousand people.1819: (AP Photos)Queen Victoria --- whose more than 60-year rule saw the British Empire reach its peak --- is born in London. 1883: (AP Photos)The Brooklyn Bridge --- one of America's oldest suspension bridges --- opens to traffic in New York City, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn.And, 1941: (AP Photos)(NAT of "Blowin' in the Wind")Bob Dylan --- the singer-songwriter who first gained fame in the folk music scene of the early 1960s --- is born in Duluth, Minnesota.Today in History, May 24th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press. Tags: today, in-history, history, saturday, 24th, Author: AssociatedPress |
