DYR Today, May 24

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1830 – The first passenger railroad service in the U.S. began service.
• 1883 – After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic.
• 1935 – The Cincinnati Reds played the Philadelphia Phillies in the first major league baseball game at night. The switch for the floodlights was thrown by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.
• 1958 – United Press International was formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
• 1986 – Garth Brooks and Sandy Mahl were married.
• 1990 – Axl Rose and Erin Everly filed for divorce. They had been married for less than a month.
• 1999 – Queen front man Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991, was honored on a new set of millennium stamps issued by the Royal Mail. UK stamps by tradition only carry pictures of living persons who are members of the Royal Family.

“NATIONAL DAYS”