Day of the year
May 24
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May 24 Zodiac Sign
Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
Element: Air
curiousadaptablewittyexpressivesociable
Birthstone
Emerald
Birth Flower
Lily of the Valley
Season
Spring
Numerology 2
A number of partnership, balance, and quiet diplomacy.
May 24: This Day in History
- 1844— Samuel Morse sent the first long-distance telegraph message — 'What hath God wrought' — from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.
- 1883— The Brooklyn Bridge was opened to the public, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- 1941— The German battleship Bismarck sank HMS Hood in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
- 1956— The Eurovision Song Contest was held for the first time in Lugano, Switzerland.
- 1976— The Concorde supersonic aircraft made its first commercial transatlantic flights simultaneously from London and Paris.
Famous Birthdays on May 24
- Queen Victoria (1819) — longest-reigning British monarch of the 19th century
- Bob Dylan (1941) — Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter
- Patti LaBelle (1944) — R&B and soul singer
- Tommy Chong (1938) — comedian and actor
- Priscilla Presley (1945) — actress and Elvis Presley's ex-wife
- Gary Burghoff (1943) — actor known for Radar in M*A*S*H
What Happens on May 24?
Victoria Day (Canada, the Monday before May 25)
Did You Know? May 24 Fun Facts
- The Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1883.
- Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 for 'having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'.
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