On May 24th in US Political History
Part III
Part III
On May 24th in 1878 The first American bicycle race was held in Boston.
On May 24th in 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge, hailed as the "eighth wonder of the world," was dedicated by President Chester Arthur and New York Gov. Grover Cleveland, and officially opened to traffic. The suspension bridge linking the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn became a symbol of America's progress and ingenuity. The bridge has a span of 1,595 feet with 16-inch steel wire suspension cables fastened to Gothic-style arches 276 feet tall. Civil engineer John Augustus Roebling, inventor of the steel wire cable and designer of the bridge, was killed in a construction accident at the outset of construction in 1869.
On May 24th in 1899 The 1st US auto repair shop opened in Boston.
On May 24th in 1915 Thomas Edison invented the telescribe to record telephone conversations.
On May 24th in 1927 The final levee breach of the 1927 flood occurred at McCrea, Louisiana, on the east bank of the Atchafalaya levee. The flood along the Mississippi killed some 500 people and displaced thousands. The levee system broke in 145 places and caused 27,000 square miles of flooding in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
On May 24th in 1951 Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants was ruled illegal.
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