May 24

It's May 24

On this day in 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought"
(from Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the US Capitol to his assistant in
Baltimore, MD, to inaugurate a telegraph line between Baltimore and D.C.


In 1962 - Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.


In 1967 – Belle de Jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, is released.


In 1974 - David Bowie releases "Diamond Dogs


In 1982 - Blondie releases "The Hunter"


In 1988 - Devo releases "Total Devo"


In 1997 - Hanson have a #1 hit with "MMMbop"


Birthdays:

Gary Burghoff


Patti LaBelle


Terry Callier


Albert Bouchard


Waddy Wachtel

Jim Broadbent
as Doc Ansell in "Rough Magic"


Alfred Molina
as Satipo in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"


Rosanne Cash


Larry Blackmon


Kristin Scott Thomas
as Brenda Last in "A Handful of Dust"


Gene Anthony Ray

John C. Reilly
as Larten Crespley in "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant"


Heavy D


Joan Micklin


Bob Dylan


Tommy Chong
in "Up In Smoke"


Prince Buster


Archie Shepp


Henri Michaux
5 of his poems at Poetry Foundation
"Untitled"


Siobhán McKenna
as Emily Beaudine in "Daughter of Darkness"


Lilli Palmer
as Jocasta in "Oedipus the King"


Paul Paray


George Grey Barnard
"Maidenhood"


Alexei Savrasov
"Rainbow"


Pontormo
"Portrait of a Musician"


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