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Dates That Matter

Upcoming Dates and Topics:

May 24, 1883 - Clue: A historic bridge is opened.
Answer: The Brooklyn Bridge is opened.

May 25, 1977 - Clue: "Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away."
Answer: The movie "Star Wars" opens.

May 26, 1830 - Clue: Andrew Jackson signs a law uprooting thousands of people.
Answer: Andrew Jackson signs the "Indian Removal Act."

May 27, 1941 - Clue: The British sink a German warship.
Answer: British warships sink the German battleship Bismarck.

May 28, 1863 - Clue: A Massachusetts regiment makes Civil War history.
Answer: The 54th Massachusetts, the first African American regiment recruited in a northern state during the Civil War, leaves Boston for combat.

May 29, 1953 - Clue: Two men make it to the top of the world.
Answer: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to scale Mount Everest.

May 30, 1431 - Clue: The Maid of Orleans is executed for witchcraft.
Answer: Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by the English.