Today is May 24. On this date in:
1775
John Hancock was unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, succeeding Peyton Randolph.
1844
Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America’s first telegraph line.
1883
The Brooklyn Bridge, designed by Washington Roebling and his father, John A. Roebling – the man who designed Cincinnati’s Roebling Suspension Bridge – opened to traffic in New York.
1935
The first night game in Major League Baseball history was held at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, won by the Cincinnati Reds over the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.
1937
In a set of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935.
