May 24th ----------- *This Day In History* ----------- MsPriss©   Author:  44960  Category:(Human Interest) Created:(5/24/2003 9:39:00 PM) This post has been Viewed (740 times) This Day in History for May 24th: 1543 -- Nicolaus Copernicus published proof of a sun-centered solar system. 1626 -- Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24. 1689 -- English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants. 1738 -- Methodist Church is established. 1815 -- George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia. 1818 -- General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, FL. 1830 -- "Mary Had A Little Lamb" is written. 1830 -- 1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland) 1844 -- Samual FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph message) 1862 -- Westminster Bridge across Thames opens. (England) 1878 -- The first American bicycle race was held in Boston. 1881 -- Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die. 1883 -- After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic. 1899 -- 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) 1915 -- Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations. 1921 -- British Legion is formed. 1930 -- 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) 1931 -- 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad. 1941 -- Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive. 1954 -- 1st rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM 1954 -- German airline Lufthansa forms. 1954 -- The first moving sidewalk in a railroad station was opened in Jersey City, NJ 1959 -- 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA) 1971 -- A commuter bus plunges into Panamá Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard. 1980 -- Iran rejects a call to the World Court to release US hostages. 1983 -- The Brooklyn Bridge's 100th birthday was celebrated. 1985 -- Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die. 1986 -- Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours. 1994 -- The four men convicted of bombing the New York's World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison. 1999 -- 39 miners were killed in an underground gas explosion in the Ukraine. 2001 -- Temba Tsheri, 15, became the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. I hope everyone enjoys this Day in History! MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click here Scroll all the way down to read replies. Show all stories by   Author:  44960 ( Click here ) Spring is coming