Today in History... May 24th

1961 Civil rights are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi

1941 The British battleship Hood is sunk by the German battleship Bismarck. There are only three survivors.

          

            -Bob Dylan is born (singer and songwriter)

1861 General Benjamin Butler declares slaves to be the contraband of war

1846 General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey

1844 Samuel morse taps out the first telegraph message

1819 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1836-1901) is born

1798 Believing that a French invasion of Ireland is imminent, Irish nationalists rise up against the British occupation.

1764 Boston lawyer James Otis denounces “taxation without representation,” calling for the colonies to unite in opposition to Britain’s new tax measures

1738 The Methodist Church is established

1689 English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants.  Roman Catholics are specifically excluded from exemption