May 24
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May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 15 BC – Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19 AD)
- 1084 – King David I of Scotland (d. 1153)
- 1494 – Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- 1522 – John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571)
- 1671 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
- 1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Dutch scientist (d. 1736)
- 1743 – Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
- 1751 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (d. 1819)
- 1759 – Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, German composer (d. 1845)
- 1810 – Charles Clark, 24th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1877)
- 1810 – Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
- 1816 – Emanuel Leutze, German painter (d. 1868)
- 1819 – Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (d. 1901)
- 1821 – Juan Bautista Topete, Spanish admiral and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1885)
- 1830 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)
- 1836 – Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)
- 1852 – Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer (d. 1936)
- 1870 – Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
- 1878 – Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and industrial engineer (d. 1972)
- 1886 – Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi poet (d. 1976)
- 1899 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
- 1900 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
- 1901 – Jose Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
- 1905 – Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer (d. 1984)
- 1914 – Lilli Palmer, German actress (d. 1986)
- 1925 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish entertainer (d. 1994)
- 1926 – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
- 1932 – Arnold Wesker, British dramatist
- 1934 – Jean Byrne, 50th Mayor of Chicago
- 1937 – Roger Peterson, American pilot (d. 1959)
- 1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian poet (d. 1996)
- 1941 – Bob Dylan, American musician
- 1942 – Ichiro Ozawa, Japanese politician
- 1944 – Patti LaBelle, American singer
- 1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress and wife of Elvis Presley
- 1949 – Jim Broadbent, British actor
- 1953 – Alfred Molina, British actor
- 1955 – Rosanne Cash, American musician
- 1957 – Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
- 1959 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1960 – Guy Fletcher, British musician (Dire Straits)
- 1960 – Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress
- 1964 – Liz McColgan, Scottish athlete
- 1964 – Adrian Moorhouse, British swimmer
- 1964 – Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer and actor
- 1967 – Heavy D, American rapper (d. 2011)
- 1969 – Richard Lochhead, Scottish politician
- 1973 – Ruslana, Ukrainian singer
- 1973 – Dermot O'Leary, British television presenter
- 1973 – Vladimir Smicer, Czech footballer
- 1976 – Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician
- 1976 – Catherine Cox, Australian netball player
- 1978 – Brian Ching, American soccer player
- 1982 – DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player
- 1986 – Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
- 1989 – Mohammed Fellah, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 – Adel Taarabt, Moroccan footballer
- 1991 – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
- 1995 – Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
Deaths [change]
- 1153 – David I of Scotland (b. 1084)
- 1351 – Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. 1297)
- 1408 – Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
- 1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1612 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1734 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1908 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
- 1959 – John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
- 1974 – Duke Ellington, American jazz musician (b. 1899)
- 1981 – Jaime Roldos Aguilera, President of Ecuador (b. 1940)
- 1995 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
- 2003 – Rachel Kempson, British actress (b. 1910)
- 2004 – Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
- 2005 – Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
- 2008 – Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989)
- 2010 – Paul Gray, American musician (Slipknot) (b. 1972)
- 2010 – Anneliese Rothenberger, German opera singer (b. 1926)
Events [change]
- 1621 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
- 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
- 1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants, with Roman Catholics intentionally excluded.
- 1738 – John Wesley is converted, establishing the Methodist Movement.
- 1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 against British rule begins.
- 1819 – Queen Victoria is born at Kensington Palace in London. At the time of her birth, she is not expected to become Queen.
- 1822 – The Battle of Pichincha in Ecuador: Antonio Jose de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
- 1830 – Mary had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
- 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message What hath God wraught to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
- 1846 – Mexican-American War: Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
- 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
- 1901 – The Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales kills 78 miners.
- 1915 – World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- 1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first Woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
- 1935 – In Cincinnati, Ohio the first night game in Major League Baseball is held.
- 1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
- 1941 – World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the Royal Navy's HMS Hood, killing all but three of the sailors on board.
- 1950 – The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is proclaimed.
- 1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
- 1962 – The rocket Mercury Atlas 7 is launched by NASA.
- 1967 – Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of Israel's Red Sea coast.
- 1981 – President of Ecuador Jaime Roldos Aguilera is killed in an aircraft accident, along with his wife and Presidential Committee.
- 1992 – The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-Democracy protests.
- 1993 – Eritrea becomes independent from Ethiopia.
- 2000 – Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon, following a 22-year occupation.
- 2001 – 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri reaches the top of Mount Everest.
- 2001 – The Versailles wedding disaster in Jerusalem kills 23 people.
- 2002 – Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
- 2003 – Sertab Erener, representing Turkey, wins the Eurovision Song Contest. In the same competition, the United Kingdom, represented by Jemini, finishes with 0 points for the first time.
- 2004 – North Korea bans mobile phones.
- 2008 – Dima Bilan, representing Russia, wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
