Day 144 - This day in legal and military history

May 24
 
NATIONAL Escargot Day
 
NATIONAL Tiara Day
 
NATIONAL Scavenger Hunt Day
 

Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 
1543 Nicolaus Copernicus publishes proof of a sun-centered solar system. He dies just after publication.
 
1607 Captain Christopher Newport and 105 followers found the colony of Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the coast of Virginia
 
1738 The Methodist Church is established
 
1764 Boston lawyer James Otis denounces “taxation without representation,” calling for the colonies to unite in opposition to Britain’s new tax measures
 
1844 Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message
 
1883 The Brooklyn Bridge opens

 1940 Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight
 
1958 The United Press and the International News Service merged to form United Press International (UPI)