May 24th

Today in America's Present Past

1752 | Civil Rights: Oliver Cromwell, an African American soldier who served with distinction under George Washington.

1764 | Samuel Adams organizes a town hall against the British “Sugar Acts.”

1775 | The Continental Congress elects John Hancock as its President.

Emanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crosses the Delaware”

1816 | Painter Emanuel Leutze was born.

1818 | Indian Wars: General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, Florida.

1833 | Politician John Randolph of Roanoke died.

1844 | Inventor Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message.

1870 | SCOTUS: Justice Benjamin Cardozo was born.

1879 | Confectionery entrepreneur H. B. Reese was born.

1879 | Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison died.

Harper’s depiction of Arthur at the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.

1883 | POTUS: Republican President Arthur opens the Brooklyn Bridge.

1884 | Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party form the People's Party.

1941 | Musician Bob Dylan was born.

1958 | United Press Association and International News Service merge to form United Press International.

1959 | Politician John Foster Dulles died.

1963 | Novelsist Michale Chabon was born.

Duke Ellington

1974 | Musician Duke Ellington died.

2014 | Activist Stormé DeLarverie died.

2020 | Entertainer Tina Turner died.