Todayâs Highlight in History:
On May 4, 1961, the first group of âFreedom Ridersâ left Washington, D.C. to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.
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In 1626, Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on present-day Manhattan Island.
In 1776, Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
In 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a labor demonstration for an 8-hour work day turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded.
In 1932, mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. (Capone was later transferred to Alcatraz Island.)
Notable events on this day in history
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Duncan Laurence s Arcade Hits Hot 100
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Duncan Laurence, representing the Netherlands, wins the Grand Final of the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest held at Tel Aviv Fairgrounds on May 18, 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The single joins a select group of contenders that have crossed over to the United States premier songs chart.
Nearly two years after winning the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, Dutch singer-songwriter Duncan Laurence s Arcade crosses the Atlantic for a debut on the United States-based Billboard Hot 100.
Notably, the song is the contest s first champion to chart on the Hot 100 since Save Your Kisses for Me by England s Brotherhood of Man in 1976.