Today in Military History:
May 24

Events of Military significance on this day:
 1822Battle of Pichincha. After defeating Royalists, revolutionaries occupied Quito. Ecuador named Simon Bolivar as President.
 1844Samuel F.B. Morse taps out "What Hath God Wrought"
 1941German battleship Bismarck fires on and sinks H.M.S. Hood.

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