Today's Trivia and What Happened on May 24

Three boxes are all labeled incorrectly. Determine the correct labels by only opening one box and removing one item without looking in the box.

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Remove an item from "Nuts & Bolts".
Since the label "Nuts & Bolts" is wrong, whatever you pull out is what that box contains.
Move the "Nuts & Bolts" label to the box labeled with the other item, and its label to the remaining box.
Example: If "Nuts & Bolts" contained a nut, then place the "Nuts" label on it.
The box with the "Bolts" label can not be bolts (because we know it's labeled wrong) and it can't be nuts because we just found the box of nuts, therefore, it must be "Nuts & Bolts."
The remaining box is the only remaining item - bolts.

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Quote: Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war. - Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense

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What Happened On

First Major League Baseball Night Game

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First Major League Baseball Night Game

May 24, 1935

The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies (2-1) at Crosley Field in what was major league baseball's first night game. The minor leagues had been playing night games since 1930.

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Brooklyn Bridge

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Brooklyn Bridge

May 24, 1883

The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is opened. It connected the cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Its construction took 14 years and the deaths of 27 workers.
• Six days after opening, a woman fell down a stairway causing a stampede that resulted in at least twelve people being crushed and killed.
• On May 17, 1884, P. T. Barnum's Jumbo the elephant led a parade of 21 elephants over the bridge in an effort to prove the bridge's stability. At the time, elephants were believed to possess a sixth sense that would prevent them from attempting to cross an unstable structure.
• The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John Augustus Roebling. His use of wire rope enabled him to build suspension bridges thought impossible by other engineers. Roebling died of tetanus from injuries received while inspecting the Brooklyn Bridge.
• The con artist George C. Parker became famous for selling the Brooklyn Bridge, sometimes as often as twice a week.

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What Hath God Wrought - First Morse Telegraph Message

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What Hath God Wrought - First Morse Telegraph Message

May 24, 1844

Samuel F.B. Morse sends the message, "What hath God wrought," from Washington to Baltimore. Paper fed through the receiving telegraph would be indented while the transmitting device's key was pressed. Morse had developed a code of dots (short presses) and dashes (long presses) to represent the alphabet.
Morse received a grant of $30,000 from the U.S. government to run the telegraph line between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland.

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Mary Had a Little Lamb

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Mary Had a Little Lamb

May 24, 1830

Sarah Josepha Hale's nursery rhyme, Mary Had a Little Lamb, is published. Reportedly, the poem was inspired by an actual event. Hale was teaching children at a small school when a student named Mary entered the classroom followed by her pet lamb. After the lamb disrupted the class, Hale put the lamb outside where it waited for Mary till class was dismissed later that day.
The very first voice recording was that of Thomas Edison's recitation of Mary Had a Little Lamb (1877).
Hale is known as "The Mother of Thanksgiving", as it was largely due to her 17-year campaign that in 1863 President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
When construction of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston stalled, Hale raised $30,000 for its completion.
Hale also founded the Seaman's Aid Society (1833) to assist the families of Boston sailors who died at sea.
"Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And every where that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go;
He followed her to school one day—
That was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school."

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Painting of SS Savannah by Hunter Wood (1819) Painting of SS Savannah by Hunter Wood (1819)

Painting of SS Savannah by Hunter Wood (1819) Painting of SS Savannah by Hunter Wood (1819)
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First Steamboat to Cross the Atlantic

May 24, 1819

The SS Savannah leaves Georgia arriving 29 days later in Liverpool, England. The Savannah was a hybrid sailing ship/sidewheel steamer. Most of the voyage was made under sail power, using her engines for less than 90 hours of the 29-day voyage. And even with lavish accommodations and much publicity, the Savannah was unable to find willing passengers or cargo and had to make the trip with only the crew. Even after her historic voyage, the large amount of room needed for the steam engine and its fuel at the expense of cargo room made the Savannah a commercial failure.

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Manhattan Purchased for $24

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Manhattan Purchased for $24

May 24, 1626

The island is purchased from the Indians by Peter Minuit (for the Dutch) for goods valued at $24.

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Windows NT

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Windows NT

May 24, 1993

Windows NT is unveiled by Microsoft Corp. during the Comdex computer show. The first version was designated Windows NT 3.1 and was officially released the following July 27.
"NT" originally stood for "New Technology" but no longer carries any specific meaning. It was the first purely 32-bit version of Windows.

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A View to a Kill

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A View to a Kill

May 24, 1985

The James Bond movie A View to a Kill premieres in the U.S. It was 15th in the Bond series and starred Roger Moore as 007.

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Pottawatomie Massacre

May 24, 1856

Abolitionist John Brown leads a party which kills five pro-slavery settlers in retaliation for the killing of five free-state settlers in Kansas.

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Methodist Church

May 24, 1738

John Wesley receives the revelation that salvation can be obtained through faith. This leads him to form the Methodist Church.

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Birthdays

Bob Dylan Photo Credit: Jean-Luc Ourlin

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Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)

Born May 24, 1941

American singer. Music: Blowin' in the Wind (1963), The Times They Are A-Changin' (1963), and Lay Lady Lay (1969).

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Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee (1897) Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee (1897)

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Victoria

Born May 24, 1819 d. 1901

Queen of England and Ireland (1837-1901).

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Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware

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Emanuel Leutze

Born May 24, 1816 d. 1868

German-born American painter. His paintings include Washington Crossing the Delaware, Washington at Monmouth, and Columbus before the Queen.

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Born May 24, 1686 d. 1736

German physicist. He created the mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale (1714).

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Rosanne Cash

Born May 24, 1955

American country singer. Music: Seven Year Ache (1981) and Runaway Train (1988).

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Elvis, Priscilla, and their daughter Lisa Marie Elvis, Priscilla, and their daughter Lisa Marie

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Priscilla Presley (Priscilla Ann Wagner)

Born May 24, 1945

American actress. She was married to singer Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973. Film: The Naked Gun movies (1988, 1991, 1994). TV: Dallas (1983-88, Jenna Wade).

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Patti LaBelle (Patricia Holt)

Born May 24, 1944

American singer. Music: Lady Marmalade (#1, 1975). Hers was the first black band to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera House (1974).

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Gary Burghoff

Born May 24, 1943

American Emmy-winning actor. TV: M*A*S*H (Radar O'Reilly).

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Tommy Chong

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Tommy Chong (Thomas B. Kin Chong)

Born May 24, 1938

American comedian. With Cheech and Chong. He served 9 months in federal prison 2003-04 for financing and promoting his son's drug paraphernalia company Chong Glass/Pipe Dreams. He pleaded guilty in exchange for non-prosecution of his wife and son. While incarcerated, his cellmate was Jordan Belfort. Chong encouraged Belfort to write his memoirs about his career as a stockbroker, which became "The Wolf of Wall Street".
TV: That '70s Show (1999-2006, Leo).

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Lionel Conacher

Born May 24, 1900 d. 1954

Canadian athlete. Considered Canada's greatest all-around athlete. He excelled in: hockey (2 Stanley Cups, Hockey Hall of Fame), CFL Football (Grey Cup, Canadian Football Hall of Fame), Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, minor-league baseball, soccer, track, and amateur boxing champion. He was also a member of Parliament (1949-54).

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Deaths

Tina Turner Photo Credit: Helge Øverås

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Tina Turner (Annie Mae Bullock)

Died May 24, 2023 b. 1939

American-born Swiss singer, with ex-husband Ike Turner. "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll." In 2013, she obtained Swiss citizenship and relinquished her American citizenship. Music: Proud Mary (1971). Film: Tommy (1975, Acid Queen) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).

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Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy Ellington)

Died May 24, 1974 b. 1899

American jazz musician. Was awarded (1969) the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

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Copernicus' View of Universe Copernicus' View of Universe

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Died May 24, 1543 b. 1473

Polish astronomer. He developed the model of the universe with the Sun as the center of the universe.

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Jerry Maren

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Last Surviving Munchkin

Jerry Maren (Gerald Marenghi)

Died May 24, 2018 b. 1920

American 4-foot-6-inch (1.37 m) actor. Film: The Wizard of Oz (1939, Lollipop Kid who gave the lollipop to Dorothy), Buster Brown, the original Oscar Mayer wiener character, and the original McDonald's Mayor McCheese. He was the last surviving Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz. At the time The Wizard of Oz was filmed, he was 18 years old and only 3 foot 6 inches (1.07 m) tall. Hormone treatments allowed him to grow to 4 foot 6 inches (1.37 m).

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Mell Lazarus

Died May 24, 2016 b. 1927

American cartoonist. Creator of Miss Peach (1957-2002) and Momma (1970-2016).

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Burt Kwouk

Died May 24, 2016 b. 1930

British actor. Film: The Pink Panther films (1975-93, Clouseau's manservant Cato Fong), Goldfinger (1964, Mr. Ling), You Only Live Twice (1967, Japanese operative Spectre 3), and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980, cameo as a servant).

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Dick Martin

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Dick Martin

Died May 24, 2008 b. 1922

American Emmy-winning comedian. Martin teamed up with Dan Rowan to form the comedy team Rowan and Martin in 1952 and later hosted the TV show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-73).
Martin lost the use of a lung due to tuberculosis as a teenager.

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Harold Wilson

Died May 24, 1995 b. 1916

British politician. United Kingdom Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76) and Labor Party leader.

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Gene Clark

Died May 24, 1991 b. 1944

American singer, with The Byrds. Music: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965, #1).

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Designed the Chrysler Building

William Van Allen

Died May 24, 1954 b. 1882

American architect, skyscraper pioneer. Designed the Chrysler building of New York. At the time of its completion in 1929 it was the world's tallest building.

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Laura Dewey Bridgman

Died May 24, 1889 b. 1829

American blind deaf-mute. She was the first person educated using the techniques that later evolved into the modern methods.

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David I

Died May 24, 1153 b. 1084

King of Scotland (1124-53).

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