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Good...... morning or afternoon, depending on where everyone is atm. :D
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1819 Queen Victoria was born in London.
1830 The first passenger railroad in the United States began service between Baltimore and Elliott's Mills, Md.
1844 Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message, ''What hath God wrought!'' from Washington to Baltimore as he opened America's first telegraph line.
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.
1935 The first major-league baseball game played at night took place at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
1941 The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic during World War II.
1958 United Press International was formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
1976 Britain and France opened trans-Atlantic Concorde service to Washington.
1992 Al Unser Jr. became the first second-generation winner of the Indianapolis 500.
1994 Four men convicted of bombing New York's World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1995 ''Hollywood Madam'' Heidi Fleiss was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $1,500 for running a call girl ring that catered to the rich and famous.
1995 Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson died at age 79.
2000 Israeli troops pulled out of southern Lebanon, ending 18 years of occupation.
2001 Democrats gained control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont abandoned the Republican Party and declared himself an independent.
Canadian comedian Tommy Chong turns 67 today
Bob Dylan turns 64 today
Priscilla Presley turns the big 6-0 today
Have a good rest of the day all. See you tomorrow Tala.
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