This Day in History: May 24th

This Day in History: John Hancock becomes President of the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, where he'll later inscribe his signature- the largest of anyone who signed- on the Declaration of Independence, 1775; the first passenger train service in the U.S. begins as a locomotive leaves Baltimore for Elliott Knolls, Maryland, 1830; an artist turns his creativity into a miracle of science as Samuel F.B. Morse sees his telegraph come to life and taps out the words "What hath God wrought?", 1844; the Brooklyn Bridge is completed connecting one of America's biggest neighborhoods with downtown New York, 1883; the master of jazz- Duke Ellington dies after a long and successful career where he broke down barriers due to his genius and enormous personal appeal, 1974