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What happend on 24. May in History
In our data base we found 357 events happened on 24. May:
• 1153: David I of Scotland (b. 1083) [category: Deaths]
• 1218: The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1276: Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. [category: Events]
• 1351: Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (b. 1297) [category: Deaths]
• 1408: Taejo of Joseon, Korean ruler (b. 1335) [category: Deaths]
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• 1425: Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) [category: Deaths]
• 1456: Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) [category: Deaths]
• 1487: The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. [category: Events]
• 1494: Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1522: John Jewel, English Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571) [category: Births]
• 1543: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (b. 1473) [category: Deaths]
• 1544: William Gilbert, English astronomer and philosopher (d. 1603) [category: Births]
• 1595: Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. [category: Events]
• 15_bc: Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19) [category: Births]
• 1607: 100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America. [category: Events]
• 1612: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English administrator and politician (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1616: John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) [category: Births]
• 1621: The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. [category: Events]
• 1626: Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. [category: Events]
• 1627: Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
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• 1632: Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553) [category: Deaths]
• 1667: The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance. [category: Events]
• 1671: Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) [category: Births]
• 1686: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist, engineer, and glass blower, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1689: Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769) [category: Births]
• 1689: The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded. [category: Events]
• 1725: Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1743: Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1792: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English naval officer (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1798: The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. [category: Events]
• 1803: Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1806: John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, English field marshal (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1810: Charles Clark, American politician, 24th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1816: Emanuel Leutze, German painter (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1819: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1822: Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito. [category: Events]
• 1830: Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1830: Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published. [category: Events]
• 1830: The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. [category: Events]
• 1832: The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference. [category: Events]
• 1836: Joseph Rowntree, English philanthropist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1843: Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1846: Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. [category: Events]
• 1854: John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1855: Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1856: John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. [category: Events]
• 1861: Elmer E. Ellsworth, American soldier (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1863: George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1868: Charlie Taylor, American mechanic (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1870: Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1870: Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African statesman, 4th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1872: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1875: Robert Garrett, American athlete (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1876: Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1879: H. B. Reese, American candymaker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1879: William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist and publisher (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Samuel Palmer, English painter (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. [category: Events]
• 1885: Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1886: Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1887: Edward Mannock, Irish pilot (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1891: William F. Albright, American archeologist and scholar (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1895: Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1895: Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted. [category: Events]
• 1899: Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1899: Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi poet (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1899: Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1900: Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1900: Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State. [category: Events]
• 1901: José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1901: Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales. [category: Events]
• 1902: Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1902: Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1903: Milo Burcham, American pilot (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1905: Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Wilbur Mills, American politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1911: Barbara West, English survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1913: Audrey Brown, English athlete (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Joe Abreu, Portuguese-American baseball player (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1913: Peter Ellenshaw, American artist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian baritone (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Lilli Palmer, German actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1915: John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1916: Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1919: Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens. [category: Events]
• 1923: Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1925: Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1926: Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1928: William Trevor, Irish writer [category: Births]
• 1930: Hans-Martin Linde, German conductor and author [category: Births]
• 1930: Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). [category: Events]
• 1931: Michael Lonsdale, French actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Arnold Wesker, English dramatist [category: Births]
• 1933: Aharon Lichtenstein, French-American rabbi and rosh yeshiva [category: Births]
• 1934: Barry Rose, English conductor and organist [category: Births]
• 1934: Jane Byrne, Americian politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago [category: Births]
• 1935: Joan Micklin Silver, American director [category: Births]
• 1935: The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field. [category: Events]
• 1936: Harold Budd, American composer and poet [category: Births]
• 1937: Archie Shepp, American saxophonist, composer, and pianist [category: Births]
• 1937: Roger Peterson, American pilot (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1938: David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1938: Tommy Chong, Canadian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1940: Joseph Brodsky, Russian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1940: Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight. [category: Events]
• 1941: Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Traveling Wilburys) [category: Births]
• 1941: George Lakoff, American linguist and activist [category: Births]
• 1941: Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the then pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen. [category: Events]
• 1942: Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and administrator [category: Births]
• 1942: Hannu Mikkola, Finnish World Rally Champion (1983) [category: Births]
• 1942: Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Gary Burghoff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Auschwitz concentration camp. [category: Events]
• 1944: Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter, actress, and author (Labelle) [category: Births]
• 1945: Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1945: Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter guitarist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter [category: Births]
• 1947: Martin Winterkorn, German businessman [category: Births]
• 1947: Mike De Leon, Filipino director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Waddy Wachtel, American composer, musician, bandleader, and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1948: Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later. [category: Events]
• 1949: Hubert Birkenmeier, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Jim Broadbent, English actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1949: Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Larry Seidlin, American judge [category: Births]
• 1950: Terry Scott Taylor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Daniel Amos, Swirling Eddies, and Lost Dogs) [category: Births]
• 1950: Archibald Wavell, English field marshal (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Sybil Danning, Austrian actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Alfred Molina, English actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Klaus-Günter Stade, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Nell Campbell, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1955: David Leonard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1955: Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author [category: Births]
• 1956: Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Cameo) [category: Births]
• 1956: Michael Jackson, Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Dublin [category: Births]
• 1956: Richard B. Bernstein, American historian [category: Births]
• 1956: Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna. [category: Events]
• 1956: The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland [category: Events]
• 1958: United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service. [category: Events]
• 1959: Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1959: John Foster Dulles, American politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Doug Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Guy Fletcher, English musician and producer (Dire Straits and The Notting Hillbillies) [category: Births]
• 1960: Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Avraham Arnon, Israeli educator, recipient of the Israel Prize (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt. [category: Events]
• 1961: Alain Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. [category: Events]
• 1961: Cyprus joins the Council of Europe. [category: Events]
• 1962: Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1962: Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1962: Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. [category: Events]
• 1963: Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1963: Joe Dumars, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Kathy Leander, Swiss singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Chabon, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Elmore James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Liz McColgan, English runner [category: Births]
• 1964: Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Jens Becker, German bassist (Grave Digger, Running Wild, and X-Wild) [category: Births]
• 1965: John C. Reilly, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Eric Cantona, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Ricky Craven, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Russell Kun, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1967: Andrey Borodin, Russian economist and businessman [category: Births]
• 1967: Bruno Putzulu, French actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Dana Ashbrook, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Eric Close, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Steven Shane McDonald, American bassist and actor (Redd Kross, Off!, and Green and Yellow TV) [category: Births]
• 1967: Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. [category: Events]
• 1968: Mo Willems, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1968: FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. [category: Events]
• 1969: Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter (The Black Crowes) [category: Births]
• 1969: Willy Ley, German-American scientist and writer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Tommy Page, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1970: The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1971: Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Greg Berlanti, American writer and producer [category: Births]
• 1972: Joanna Wiśniewska, Polish discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1972: Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor and comedian (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Bartolo Colón, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Dermot O'Leary, English comedian and television host [category: Births]
• 1973: Ruslana, Ukrainian singer, musician, dancer, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Shirish Kunder, Indian editor and film director [category: Births]
• 1973: Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor, founder of free running [category: Births]
• 1974: Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1974: Duke Ellington, American composer, pianist, and bandleader (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1975: Maria Lawson, English singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician (Modwheelmood SONOIO, Blindoldfreak, and Nine Inch Nails) [category: Births]
• 1976: Bob Maesen, Belgian sprint canoer [category: Births]
• 1976: Catherine Cox, Australian netball player [category: Births]
• 1976: The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine. [category: Events]
• 1976: The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins. [category: Events]
• 1977: Kym Valentine, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Prince Poppycock, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1978: Brad Penny, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Brian Ching, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1978: Bryan Greenberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Elijah Burke, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Amelia Cooke, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1979: Kareem McKenzie, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Manuel Cortez, German-Portuguese actor and photographer [category: Births]
• 1979: Tracy McGrady, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Billy L. Sullivan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jason Babin, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Jennifer Korbee, American singer and actress (Hi-5) [category: Births]
• 1980: Owen Benjamin, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Andy Lee, Australian comedian [category: Births]
• 1981: Jerod Mixon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Marketa Janska, Czech model [category: Births]
• 1981: Nic Hill, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1981: Sayaka Ando, Japanese model [category: Births]
• 1981: Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee died in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. [category: Events]
• 1982: DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1982: Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Kim Frank, German singer and actress (Echt) [category: Births]
• 1982: Rian Wallace, American football player and agent [category: Births]
• 1982: Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. [category: Events]
• 1983: Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ricky Mabe, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1984: Brodney Pool, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Ryan Wieber, American filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1984: Sarah Hagan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founder of WWE (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Giannis Kondoes, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Tim Bridgman, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Jordan Metcalfe, English actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Mark Ballas, American actor, singer, dancer, and guitarist (Ballas Hough Band) [category: Births]
• 1987: Déborah François, Belgian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Jimena Barón, Argentine actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Matt Prior, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Billy Gilman, American singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jonathan Platero, American dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Kimberley Crossman, New Zealand actress, dancer, and cheerleader [category: Births]
• 1988: Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant and soldier [category: Births]
• 1988: Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted. [category: Events]
• 1989: Adel Taarabt, Moroccan footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Andrew Jordan, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1989: Mohammed Fellah, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Sam Kessel, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Catalina Artusi, Argentine actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Joey Logano, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1990: Yuya Matsushita, Japanese singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1991: Erika Umeda, Japanese singer (Cute and ZYX) [category: Births]
• 1991: Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Byrds and Dillard & Clark) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia. [category: Events]
• 1991: Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel. [category: Events]
• 1992: Rachel Victoria, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Travis T. Flory, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests. [category: Events]
• 1993: Oliver Davis, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Cayden Boyd, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1994: Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison. [category: Events]
• 1995: Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein [category: Births]
• 1995: Harold Wilson, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Joseph Mitchell, American journalist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and lyricist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. [category: Events]
• 2001: Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. [category: Events]
• 2001: The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200 [category: Events]
• 2002: Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. [category: Events]
• 2003: Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Carl Amery, German writer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Guy Tardif, Canadian politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Vivian Liberto, American author, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Claude Piéplu, French actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Henry Bumstead, American artist and designer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican convicted murder (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Maru (cat), Japanese cat and internet celebrity [category: Births]
• 2007: Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Dick Martin, American comedian (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jimmy McGriff, American jazz musician and bandleader (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Rob Knox, English actor (b. 1989) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jay Bennett, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Wilco) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Morrie Martin, American baseball player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Paul Gray, American musician and songwriter (Slipknot and Unida) (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ray Alan, English ventriloquist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Raymond V. Haysbert, American businessman and civil rights activist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Tapen Chatterjee, Indian-Bengali actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Virendra Bhatia, Indian politician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Hakim Ali Zardari Pakistani politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Huguette M. Clark, French-American heiress and philanthropist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and writer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentine footballer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and author (Rock Bottom Remainders) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Klaas Carel Faber Dutch-German war criminal (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lee Rich, American producer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mark McConnell, American drummer (Madam X and Blackfoot) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ndombe Opetum, Congolese singer and composer (TPOK Jazz) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Steve Michalik, American bodybuilder (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• _: Aldersgate Day (Methodism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bermuda Day (Bermuda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commonwealth Day (Belize) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: David I of Scotland (never formally canonised but venerated in the Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lubiri Memorial Day (Buganda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Patriots Day or Journée nationale des patriotes. (Quebec) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church) and its related observance: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (Republic of Macedonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sarah (celebrated by the Romani people of Camargue) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vincent of Lérins [category: Holidays and observances]