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On This Day

May 24

1993
Windows NT is unveiled by Microsoft Corp. during the Comdex computer show.

1985
View to a Kill premiers in the U.S., 15th in the James Bond series, it starred Roger Moore as 007.

1982
Mrs. Christina Samane gives birth to a bouncing baby boy; he weighed 22 lbs. 8 oz.

1935
First major-league baseball night game, at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies (2-1).

1883
Brooklyn Bridge opens to traffic.

1856
Pottawatomie Massacre: Abolitionist John Brown leads a party which kills five pro-slavery settlers in retaliation for the killing of five free-state settlers in Kansas.

1844
First Morse telegraph message: Samuel F.B. Morse sends the message, "What hath God wrought!," from Washington to Baltimore.

1738
John Wesley receives the revelation that salvation can be obtained through faith. This leads him to form the Methodist Church.

1955
Rosanne Cash, American country singer. Music: Seven Year Ache (1981) and Runaway Train (1988).

1945
Priscilla Presley, American actress.

1941
Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman), American singer. Music: Blowin' in the Wind (1963), The Times They Are A-Changin' (1963), and Lay Lady Lay (1969).

1940
Gary Burghoff, American Emmy-winning actor. TV: M*A*S*H (Radar O'Reilly).

1938
Thomas Chong, American comedian, Cheech's partner, in 1968 he recorded three top 100 hits as lead guitarist in a band with Jimi Hendrix.

1900     d. 1954
Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete. Considered Canada's greatest all-around athlete. He excelled in: hockey (2 Stanley Cups, Hockey Hall of Fame), CFL Football (Grey Cup, Canadian Football Hall of Fame), Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame,  minor-league baseball, soccer, track, and amateur boxing champion. He was also a member of Parliament (1949-54).

1819     d. 1901
Victoria, Queen of England and Ireland (1837-1901).

1816     d. 1868
Emanuel Leutze, German-born American painter, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Washington at Monmouth, and Columbus before the Queen.

1975     b. 1897
Moe Howard, American comic actor, one of the original 3-Stooges.

1974     b. 1899
Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy Ellington), American jazz musician. Was awarded (1969) the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Pres. Nixon.

1954     b. 1882
William Van Allen, American architect, skyscraper pioneer, designed the Chrysler building of New York. At the time of its completion in 1929 it was the world's tallest building.

1889     b. 1829
Laura Dewey Bridgman, American blind deaf-mute. She was the first person educated using the techniques that later evolved into the modern methods.

1543     b. 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, developed the concept of the Sun as the center of the solar system.

1153     b. 1084
David I, King of Scotland (1124-53).

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