On This Day - May 24, A Shot Of History

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1883 - the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-6cEPiYUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY_LeZRclqc

1819 - Queen Victoria, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, was born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9nhyb_victoria-les-jeunes-annees-d-une-re_shortfilms

1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2go078_hace-199-anos-simon-bolivar-fue-designado-autoridad-militar-y-civil_news

1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Had_a_Little_Lamb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8y2z-ovudw