May 24: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1683The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford opened as the world's first university museum.
2. 1930British pilot Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
3. 1940Igor Sikorsky made the first successful flight in a single-rotor helicopter.
4. 1956The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland, with seven countries participating.
5. 1962Astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited Earth in the Aurora 7 capsule.

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