Today In History

Sun., May 24, 1998

In 1844: Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message “What hath God wrought!” from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America’s first telegraph line.

In 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.

In 1941: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood.

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