Welcome to Saturday, May 24, 2025. Today marks the 144th day of the year, with 221 days remaining.
Historical Events on This Day:
On May 24, 1883, the iconic Brooklyn Bridge in New York, then the world’s longest suspension bridge, opened for traffic.
Other Significant Events:
In 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore, inaugurating America’s first telegraph line.
In 1935, the first Major League Baseball night game was played at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, with the Reds defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
In 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935 in two separate rulings.
In 1941, during World War II, the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, resulting in the death of all but three of the 1,418 men on board.
In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth aboard the Aurora 7 spacecraft.
In 1974, legendary jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington passed away at the age of 75 in New York.
In 1994, four Islamic extremists involved in the 1993 bombing of New York’s World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
In 2022, a tragic incident unfolded at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, killed 19 children and two teachers before being neutralized. It marked the deadliest shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack.
Celebrity Birthdays Today:
- Comedian Tommy Chong turns 87.
- Musician Bob Dylan celebrates his 84th birthday.
- Actor Gary Burghoff from M*A*S*H is 82.
- Singer Patti LaBelle turns 81.
- Actor Priscilla Presley marks her 80th birthday.
- Actor Jim Broadbent celebrates 76 years.
- Cinematographer Roger Deakins turns 76.
- Actor Alfred Molina is 72 today.
- Musician Rosanne Cash celebrates her 70th birthday.
- Actor Kristin Scott Thomas turns 65.
- Author Michael Chabon is 62.
- Basketball Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is also 62.
- Actor John C. Reilly celebrates his 60th birthday.
- Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady turns 46.
- Dancer-choreographer Mark Ballas is 39.
- Country singer Billy Gilman celebrates his 37th birthday.
- Rapper G-Eazy turns 36.
- Actor Brianne Howey is also 36.
- Actor Daisy Edgar-Jones celebrates her 27th birthday.
