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On This Day May 24 History Highlights
On May 24 various historic events are noted including Peter Minuit’s Manhattan purchase in 1626 and Morse telegraph in 1844. The roundup mentions Queen Victoria birth 1819 and Brooklyn Bridge opening 1883 along with World War II events. Garden Villas Church finds a Dewey for President button from 1944 1948 on a cleaning day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dutch West India Trading Co
Peter Minuit
Island of
Manhattan
Queen Victoria
Britain
United States
Baltimore
Elliott’s
Samuel F. B. Morse
Washington
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Hood
Scott Carpenter
Houston
Garden Villas
John Stringer
Dewey
Button
Thomas E. Dewey