Tukuk-OS📅 May 24
24 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 24? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2026 — A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills at least 47 people.
- 2022 — An 18-year old gunman shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
- 2014 — A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.
Islamic extremismJewish Museum of Belgium shootingJewish Museum of Belgium
- 2006 — An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.
- 1991 — The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).
- 1988 — Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.
Section 28Local Government Act 1988Local government in England
- 1986 — A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.
- 1976 — In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones.
- 1970 — On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.
- 1963 — United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.
- 1962 — Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
- 1956 — The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.
- 1948 — Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces captured the Israeli community of Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.
- 1941 — Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
- 1930 — English aviator Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
- 1913 — Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great social events of European royalty before World War I began.
Princess Victoria Louise of PrussiaErnest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- 1883 — New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
- 1830 — The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale.
- 1798 — The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the country.
- 1738 — At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley (pictured) experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist movement.
- 1689 — The Act of Toleration became law, granting freedom of worship to English nonconformists under certain circumstances, but deliberately excluding Catholics.
Toleration Act 1688Freedom of religionNonconformist (Protestantism)
- 1683 — Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum, the world's first university museum, opened.
- 1667 — Led by King Louis XIV, the French army invaded the Spanish Netherlands, beginning the War of Devolution.
- 1567 — The mentally ill King Erik XIV of Sweden (pictured) and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some members of the influential Sture family.
Births
- 2002 — Saim Ayub, Pakistani cricketer
- 2001 — Emily Austin, journalist and social media influencer
- 1999 — Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor
- 1996 — Shu Uchida, Japanese voice actress
- 1994 — Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine footballer
- 1994 — Jarell Martin, American basketball player
- 1994 — Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer
- 1994 — Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player
- 1994 — Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer
- 1994 — Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award
- 1992 — Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer
- 1991 — Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
Deaths
- 2025 — Gary Pierce, English footballer (born 1951)
- 2024 — Doug Ingle, American musician (born 1945)
- 2024 — Kabosu, Japanese dog and Internet meme celebrity (born 2005)
- 2023 — Tina Turner, American-Swiss rock and pop singer, dancer, actress and author (born 1939)
- 2018 — John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, English gaming commentator and critic (born 1984)
- 2018 — Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (born 1929)
- 2015 — Dean Carroll, English rugby player (born 1962)
- 2015 — Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (born 1917)
- 2015 — Tanith Lee, English author (born 1947)
- 2014 — David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)
- 2014 — Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (born 1920)
- 2014 — Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (born 1969)
Observances & holidays
- 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: Donatian and Rogatian
- Christian feast day: Jackson Kemper (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Joanna
- Christian feast day: Juan de Prado
- Christian feast day: Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
- Christian feast day: Mary, Help of Christians
- Christian feast day: Sarah (celebrated by the Romani people of Camargue)
- Christian feast day: Simeon Stylites the Younger
- Christian feast day: Vincent of Lérins
- Christian feast day: May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commonwealth Day (Belize)
- Independence Day (Eritrea), celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993.
- Lubiri Memorial Day (Buganda)
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian Calendar) and its related observance:
Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)
Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and CultureBulgaria
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian Calendar) and its related observance: Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (North Macedonia)
- Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. (Canada), and its related observance: National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes (Quebec)
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