TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011

Today is Tuesday, May 24, the 144th day of 2011. There are 221 days left in the year.

1689 ― English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants

1726 ― People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax

1738 ― Methodist Church is established

1899 ― First auto repair shop opens (Boston)

1915 ― Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations

1928 ― Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yankees beat A's 9-7

1957 ― Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan

1964 ― Panic in Lima, Peru, soccer stadium, kills 300

1968 ― President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse

1985 ― Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die