May 24

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1689	The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.	Frank Black and the Catholics	Horrible Day	Show Me Your Tears
2.	1738	John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.	TV On the Radio	A Method	Return to Cookie Mountain
3.	1844	Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.	New Order	Touched by the Hand of God	International
4.	1856	John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.	John Brown Battery	Come and Go	Unknown
5.	1976	The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.	Piano Magic	I Must Leave London	Disaffected
6.	1976	The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.	Syd Barrett	Wined and Dined	Barrett

(Historical facts about May24 are from Wikipedia.)