May 24
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May 24 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining after May 24 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 15 BC – Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19 AD)
- 1084 – King David I of Scotland (d. 1153)
- 1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Dutch scientist (d. 1736)
- 1743 – Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
- 1816 – Emanuel Leutze, German painter (d. 1868)
- 1819 – Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (d. 1901)
- 1830 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)
- 1870 – Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
- 1899 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
- 1901 – Jose Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
- 1905 – Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer (d. 1984)
- 1914 – Lilli Palmer, German actress (d. 1986)
- 1926 – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
- 1932 – Arnold Wesker, British dramatist
- 1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian poet (d. 1996)
- 1941 – Bob Dylan, American musician
- 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
- 1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer and actor
- 1967 – Heavy D, American rapper (d. 2011)
- 1973 – Ruslana, Ukrainian singer
- 1973 – Dermot O'Leary, British television presenter
- 1973 – Vladimir Smicer, Czech footballer
- 1978 – Brian Ching, American soccer player
- 1982 – DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player
- 1986 – Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
- 1989 – Adel Taarabt, Moroccan footballer
- 1995 – Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
[change] Deaths
- 1153 – David I of Scotland (b. 1084)
- 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)
- 2008 – Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989)
- 2010 – Paul Gray, American musician (Slipknot) (b. 1972)
[change] Events
- 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
- 1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants, with Roman Catholics intentionally excluded.
- 1819 – Queen Victoria is born at Kensington Palace in London. At the time of her birth, she is not expected to become Queen.
- 1846 – Mexican-American War: Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
- 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 – 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.
