History Blog

May 24

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–79 Gary Burghoff–77 Patricia “Patti” LaBelle (Holte-Edwards)–76 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–75 James “Jim” Broadbent–71 Alfred Molina–67 Kristin Scott Thomas–60 John C. Reilly–55 Eric Close–53 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction