1. Home
  2. Education
  3. American History

Today in American History - May 24

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:
1624 - The Virginia Company's charter was revoked and Virginia was designated a royal colony.

1764 - At a Boston town meeting, James Otis protested the Grenville measures and first brought up taxation without representation on the road to the American Revolution.

1818 - General Andrew Jackson captured Pensacola ending the first Seminole Indian War.

1843 - Samuel Morse sent the message "What hath God wrought?" as the first telegraph message between two cities during the Industrial Revolution.

1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge was opened by President Chester A. Arthur.
Births:
1738 - George III, King of Great Britain during the American Revolution

1941 - Bob Dylan, Singer/Songwriter. He was born Robert Allen Zimmerman.

1944 - Frank Oz, Puppeteer and voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda.
Deaths:
1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of the Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper

1959 - Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles

1974 - Duke Ellington, Jazz musician
Choose Another Day:
Yesterday | Tomorrow | Choose Your Date

Explore American History

More from About.com

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. American History
  4. Historical Fun & Resources
  5. Today in American History
  6. May 24 - Today in American History

©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.