On May 24
On May 24, 2 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Morse Opens the Electric Telegraph (1844).
On this day
On 24 May 1844 Samuel F. B. Morse transmitted the message "What hath God wrought" from the Capitol in Washington to his partner Alfred Vail at a railroad station in Baltimore, the first public demonstration of his electromagnetic telegraph…
On 24 May 2019 same-sex marriage became legal in Taiwan, making it the first jurisdiction in Asia to grant marriage equality.
Also this week in history (May 21 to May 27)
On 23 May 1618 Bohemian Protestant nobles threw two Catholic imperial regents and their secretary from a window of Prague Castle, an act of defiance against the Habsburg crown that triggered the Bohemian Revolt and ignited the Thirty…
Following the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031, al-Andalus fractured into rival taifa kingdoms.