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John Brown (abolitionist)
År:
1856
John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
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American Civil War
År:
1861
American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia, with Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth becoming the first Union officer to be killed during the war.
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Samuel Morse
År:
1844
Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
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Simón Bolívar
År:
1813
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
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Battle of Pichincha
År:
1822
Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
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Patrick Francis Healy
År:
1873
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
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Brooklyn Bridge
År:
1883
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
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FöDELSEDAGAR DEN 24 MAJ
Tommy Chong
Födelseår:
1938
Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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Prince Buster
Födelseår:
1938
Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)
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Joseph Brodsky
Födelseår:
1940
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
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Ichirō Ozawa
Födelseår:
1942
Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs
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DöDSFALL DEN 24 MAJ
Sylvestre François Lacroix
Dödsår:
1843
Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (born 1765)
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John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
Dödsår:
1806
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (born 1723)
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Vincent J. McMahon
Dödsår:
1984
Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (born 1914)
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HELGDAGAR DEN 24 MAJ
Independence Day (Eritrea)
Independence Day (Eritrea), celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993.
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Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian Calendar) and its related observance: Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)
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National Patriots' Day
Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. (Canada), and its related observance: National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes (Quebec)
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