1844

Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America’s first telegraph line.

1883

New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, at the time the world’s longest suspension bridge, opened to traffic.

1935

The first Major League Baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.

1941

During World War II, the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, killing all but three of the 1,418 men on board.

2022

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. The gunman, Salvador Ramos, a former student at the school, was also killed. It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

Birthdays

Comedian Tommy Chong is 87. Musician Bob Dylan is 84. Actor Gary Burghoff is 82. Singer Patti LaBelle is 81. Actor Priscilla Presley is 80. Actor Jim Broadbent is 76. Musician Rosanne Cash is 70. Actor Kristin Scott Thomas is 65. Author Michael Chabon is 62.