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This Day in History May 24 Highlights in 2013
May 24 marks notable events from 1883 dedication of the Brooklyn Bridge to 2013 retrospectives. Highlights include John Hancock elected president of the Continental Congress in 1775, Morse opens first telegraph line in 1844, Bismarck sinks Hood in 1941, and Dulles death in 1959.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Chester Alan Arthur
New York
Grover Cleveland
John Hancock
Continental Congress
Peyton Randolph
Samuel F.B. Morse
Washington
Baltimore
America
Bela Bartok
Bluebeard
Budapest
Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
U.S. Supreme Court
Bismarck
Hood
North Atlantic
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Washington, D.C
Jackson
Miss
Scott Carpenter
Britain
France
Iran
World Court
Hague
Jerusalem
Algeria
Abdelaziz ‘Bouteflika
Rachel Kempson
Redgrave
Millbrook
N.Y