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This day in history: 24 May

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354 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 24 May.
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2026: A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, killed at least 48 people and injured 98 others.

Holidays and observances

Aldersgate Day/Wesley Day (Methodism)

Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)

Bermuda Day (Bermuda), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.

Christian feast day: Anna Pak Agi (one of The Korean Martyrs)

Christian feast day: Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau

Christian feast day: Donatian and Rogatian

Christian feast day: Jackson Kemper (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Joanna

Christian feast day: Juan de Prado

Christian feast day: Mary, Help of Christians

Christian feast day: May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Sarah (celebrated by the Romani people of Camargue)

Events

2026A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, killed at least 48 people and injured 98 others.

2022A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.

2019Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).

2019Under 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.

2014A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.

2014At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.

2002Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.

2000Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

1999The 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.

1995While 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.

1994Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.

1993Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

1993Roman 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.

1992The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.

1992The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.

1991Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

1988Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.

1982Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.

1981Ecuadorian 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

1976The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.

1967Belle de Jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, is released.

1967Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.

1962Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

1961American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.

1960Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.

1958United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.

1956The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.

1948Arab–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.

1944Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.

1944Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the first independent Albanian government since 1939. In honor of this the national emblem of Albania inscribed this date from

1941World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.

1940Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.

1940Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.

1935The 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.

1930Amy 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).

1900Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

1883The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

1873Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.

1861American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia, with Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth becoming the first Union officer to be killed during the war.

1856John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.

Born on this day

2002Saim Ayub, Pakistani cricketer

2001Emily Austin, journalist and social media influencer

1999Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor

1996Shu Uchida, Japanese voice actress

1994Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer

1994Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player

1994Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award

1994Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer

1994Jarell Martin, American basketball player

1994Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine footballer

1992Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer

1991Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower

1991Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player

1990Joey Logano, American race car driver

1990Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player

1989Andrew Jordan, English race car driver

1989G-Eazy, American rapper

1989Kalin Lucas, American basketball player

1988Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player

1988Billy Gilman, American musician

1988Denis Petrić, Slovenian footballer

1988Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent

1988Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

1987Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player

1986Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer

1986Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor

1985Tim Bridgman, English race car driver

1984Dmitri Kruglov, Estonian footballer

1984Masaya Takahashi, Japanese wrestler

1984Sarah Hagan, American actress

1983Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer

1983Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist

1983Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (died 2009)

1982Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer

1982Rian Wallace, American football player

1981Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

1980Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player

1980Jason Babin, American football player

1979Kareem McKenzie, American football player

1979Tracy McGrady, American basketball player

Died on this day

2025Gary Pierce, English footballer (born 1951)

2024Doug Ingle, American musician (born 1945)

2024Kabosu, Japanese dog and Internet meme celebrity (born 2005)

2023Tina Turner, American-Swiss rock and pop singer, dancer, actress and author (born 1939)

2018Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (born 1929)

2018John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, English gaming commentator and critic (born 1984)

2015Dean Carroll, English rugby player (born 1962)

2015Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (born 1917)

2015Tanith Lee, English author (born 1947)

2014David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)

2014John Vasconcellos, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1932)

2014Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (born 1927)

2014Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (born 1969)

2014Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (born 1920)

2013Gotthard Graubner, German painter (born 1930)

2013Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (born 1931)

2013Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (born 1929)

2013Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (born 1925)

2013Ron Davies, Welsh footballer (born 1942)

2012Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (born 1929)

2012Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentinian footballer (born 1925)

2012Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American journalist and author (born 1948)

2012Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch-German SS officer (born 1922)

2012Lee Rich, American production manager and producer (born 1918)

2011Hakim Ali Zardari, Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (born 1930)

2011Huguette Clark, American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (born 1906)

2010Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (born 1926)

2010Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (born 1972)

2010Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

2010Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (born 1930)

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