24 May
Notable Births
Emily Austin
b. 2001
American influencer (born 2001)
Tarjei Sandvik Moe
b. 1999
Norwegian actor (born 1999)
Rodrigo De Paul
b. 1994
Argentine footballer (born 1994)
Jarell Martin
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Daiya Seto
b. 1994
Japanese swimmer (born 1994)
Emily Temple-Wood
b. 1994
American Wikipedia editor and physician (born 1994)
Marcus Bettinelli
b. 1992
English footballer (born 1992)
Aled Davies (field athlete)
b. 1991
Welsh Paralympic athlete
Cody Eakin
b. 1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Mattias Ekholm
b. 1990
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)
Joey Logano
b. 1990
American racing driver (born 1990)
G-Eazy
b. 1989
American rapper (born 1989)
Andrew Jordan (racing driver)
b. 1989
British racing driver (born 1989)
Kalin Lucas
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Artem Anisimov
b. 1988
Russian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Monica Lin Brown
b. 1988
American combat medic (born 1988)
Patti LaBelle
b. 1944
American singer and actress (born 1944)
Bob Dylan
b. 1941
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Queen Victoria
b. 1819
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
Germanicus
b. -15
Roman general (15 BC–19 AD)
Notable Deaths
Doug Ingle
d. 2024
American musician (1945–2024)
Kabosu (dog)
d. 2024
Memed Japanese pet dog (c. 2005 – 2024)
Tina Turner
d. 2023
Singer-songwriter and actress (1939–2023)
TotalBiscuit
d. 2018
British game critic and commentator (1984–2018)
Gudrun Burwitz
d. 2018
Daughter of Heinrich Himmler (1929–2018)
Dean Carroll
d. 2015
English rugby league footballer
Tanith Lee
d. 2015
British science fiction and fantasy writer (1947 – 2015)
David Allen (cricketer)
d. 2014
English cricketer (1935–2014)
Stormé DeLarverie
d. 2014
American singer, activist and instigator of the Stonewall Uprising (1920–2014)
John Vasconcellos
d. 2014
American politician
Gotthard Graubner
d. 2013
German painter (1930–2013)
Haynes Johnson
d. 2013
American journalist
Pyotr Todorovsky
d. 2013
Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
Klaas Carel Faber
d. 2012
Dutch-German war criminal
Jacqueline Harpman
d. 2012
Belgian writer (1929–2012)
Francisco Lombardo
d. 2012
Argentine footballer
Lee Rich
d. 2012
American film and television producer
Huguette Clark
d. 2011
American philanthropist
Duke Ellington
d. 1974
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Nicolaus Copernicus
d. 1543
Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
On This Day in History
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2022
A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.
Uvalde school shooting
2019
Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).
2019 Surat fire
2019
Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
Brexit
2014
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
2014 Aegean Sea earthquake
2014
At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting
2002
Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
2000
Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
Southern Lebanon
1999
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
1995
While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
Leeds Bradford Airport
1994
Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993
Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
Eritrea
1993
Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo
1992
The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
Thailand
1992
The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
Kozarac
1991
Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
Israel
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.
Section 28
1982
Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
Battle of Khorramshahr (1982)
1981
Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die 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.
Jaime Roldós Aguilera
1976
The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
Judgment of Paris (wine)
1967
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
Egypt