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Fw: On This Day in History (May 24): Methodism, Morse Code and a Bridge Defies King and Church


 



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On This Day in History

May 24


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? Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library

? is converted, launching the Methodist movement, celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day

? taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message

Lithograph depicting fireworks on the opening night of the Brooklyn Bridge

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? German battleship Bismarck sinks British battlecruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive


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London's present Westminster Bridge was opened on this day, bringing to an end years of conflict which even involved the payment of a big bribe to the King.

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