This date in history 5-24-2021

This date in history for May 24.
1775: John Hancock becomes president of Congress.
1844: Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph.
1883: Brooklyn Bridge opens.
1917: British naval convoy system introduced.
1935: Major League Baseball holds first night game.
1941: German battleship sinks Britain’s HMS Hood.
1943: Auschwitz gets a new doctor “The Angel of Death” Josef Mengele.
1964: Riot erupts at soccer match, killing hundreds.
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