Tidbits Grand Forks - May 19, 2016

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• On May 26, 1897, the first copies of the classic vampire novel "Dracula," by Irish writer Bram Stoker, appear in London bookshops. Stoker published 17 novels in all, but it was "Dracula" that brought him literary fame. • On May 23, 1900, Sgt. William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery on July 18, 1863, while fighting for the Union as a member of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. Carney was the first black soldier to receive the Medal of Honor.

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• On May 27, 1971, during the Vietnam War, Sweden reveals that it has been providing assistance to the Viet Cong, including some $550,000 worth of medical supplies. The support was primarily humanitarian and included no military aid. • On May 25, 1994, the ashes of 71-year-old George Swanson are buried in the driver's seat of his 1984 Corvette in Pennsylvania. Swanson had bought 12 burial plots to ensure that his beloved white Corvette would fit in his grave with him. © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• On May 29, 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, the so-called Bonus Expeditionary Force, a group of 1,000 unemployed World War I veterans seeking early cash payments for their bonus certificates, arrive in Washington, D.C., eventually reaching 20,000 strong. President Herbert Hoover ordered the army to forcibly evict them after the Senate voted down a bill to pay the bonus. • On May 28, 1961, The London Observer publishes lawyer Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" on its front page, launching the Appeal for Amnesty 1961. The movement would become the human-rights organization Amnesty International.

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• On May 24, 1883, after 14 years and 27 deaths during construction, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River in New York is opened, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date.

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