Today's Highlight in History:
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was dedicated by President Chester Arthur and New York Gov. Grover Cleveland, and opened to traffic.
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In 1819, Queen Victoria was born in London.
In 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.
In 1935, the first major league baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.
In 1941, the German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic.
In 1958, United Press International was formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7.
In 1976, Britain and France opened trans-Atlantic Concorde supersonic transport service to Washington.
In 1977, in a surprise move, the Kremlin ousted Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny from the Communist Party's ruling Politburo.
In 1980, Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages.
In 2001, 23 people died when the floor of a Jerusalem wedding hall collapsed beneath dancing guests in a horrifying scene captured on video.
Ten years ago: A Greek film, "Eternity and a Day," won the Golden Palm at the 51st Cannes Film Festival, while the runner-up Grand Prize went to "Life is Beautiful," directed by and starring Italy's Roberto Benigni.
