May 24 in history: First telegraph, Brooklyn bridge and more
Authored By Amartya Sharma
Published: May 23, 2020, 21:11 IST | Updated: May 23, 2020, 21:11 IST
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1844
Samuel Morse taps out world's first telegraph message.
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1883
Brooklyn Bridge opens connecting New York and Brooklyn.
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1915
Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations.
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1930
Amy Johnson becomes 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
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1941
German battleship Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, kills 1,416.
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