"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Butler acts @ 1:09:38)
(Friday, May 24, 1861) — Union General Benjamin Butler declared slaves to be the contraband of war today when he declared them contraband at Fort Monroe, Va.
Daily Archives: May 24, 2011
Union troops move across Potomac River
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Feds cross Potomac @ 1:07:29)
(Friday, May 24, 1861) — Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington Heights, the home of future Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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Bismarck sinks Hood
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Destruction of the Hood from "Sink the Bismarck"(1960)
(Saturday, May 24, 1941) — The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood today in the North Atlantic during the World War II Battle of the Denmark Strait.
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Bob Dylan born in Duluth
(Saturday, May 24, 1941) — Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, the iconic singer-songwriter, poet, and painter, was born today in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota.
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Vice President Johnson concludes Asia trip
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(Wednesday, May 24, 1961) — U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson flew into Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, today, concluding a 15-day globe circling tour that took him to seven nations threatened by Communists, including South Vietnam.
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‘Thelma & Louise’ opens in U.S.
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(Friday, May 24, 1991) — Thelma & Louise, a film about Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise’s (Susan Sarandon) escape from their troubled and caged lives, opened today in the U.S.
