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May 24



May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). There are 221 days remaining. ==Events== *1153 - Malcolm IV of Scotland becomes King of Scotland. *1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Akko for Egypt. *1276 - Magnus Ladulås crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. *1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the forces of the Duke of Burgundy. *1487 - Imposter Lambert Simnel is crowned as "King Edward VI" at Dublin. *1595 - ''Nomenclator'' of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. *1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. *1668 - Glen Cove, New York is founded. *1689 - The Act of Toleration passes the England Parliament protecting Protestantism (Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded). *1738 - John Wesley is New Birth, essentially launching the Methodism; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day *1787 - The Constitutional Convention (United States) is convened after a quorum of delegates arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. *1798 - Ireland nationalists Irish Rebellion of 1798 against United Kingdom of Great Britain forces, believing that France troops were going to invade Ireland. *1822 - Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of Quito. *1830 - Mary had a little lamb by Sarah Hale is published. *1844 - The first Electrical telegraph is sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, from Baltimore, Maryland, to Washington, D.C., saying "What hath God wrought?". *1846 - Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. *1856 - John Brown (abolitionist) and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas *1861 - American Civil War: Union Army troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia. *1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. *1895 - Henry Irving becomes the first personage from the theatre to be knighted. *1899 - The first public parking garage in the United States is opened in Boston, Massachusetts. *1900 - Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State. * 1911 - The New York Public Library opened. *1915 - World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. *1921 - The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens. *1929 - ''The Cocoanuts'', the first film to star the Marx Brothers, opens. *1930 - Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). *1940 - Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight. *1941 - World War II: In the North Atlantic, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood killing all but three crewmen on what was the pride of the Royal Navy. *1943 - Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer in Auschwitz concentration camp. *1949 - The Soviet Union ends the 11-month Berlin Blockade. *1956 - In Lugano, Switzerland, Lys Assia wins the first Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland singing "Refrain". *1958 - United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service. *1961 - American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. *1962 - United States astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the ''Aurora 7'' space capsule. *1968 - Students set fire to the Paris bourse. *1968 - FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. *1974 - After a nine-year run, the ''Dean Martin Show'' airs for the last time. *1976 - London to Washington, DC Concorde service begins. *1980 - The International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in Tehran. *1981 - First International Women's Day for Disarmament *1988 - Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom. *1989 - Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, is awarded a six-figure sum in damages after winning a libel action against ''Private Eye.'' *1990 - A car carrying USA Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both. *1991 - Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jew to Israel. *1992 - The last Thailand dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests. *1993 - Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia. *1993 - Microsoft unveils Windows NT. *2000 - Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. *2001 - Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. ==Births== *1544 - William Gilbert (d. 1603) *1616 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (d. 1682) *1619 - (baptised) Philips Wouwerman, Dutch painter (d. 1668) *1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793) *1794 - William Whewell, philosopher (d. 1866) *1810 - Abraham Geiger, rabbi and scholar (d. 1874) *1811 - Charles Clark (governor), Governor of Mississippi *1816 - Emanuel Leutze, painter (d. 1868) *1819 - Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901) *1831 - Richard Hoffman, pianist *1836 - Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925) *1854 - John Riley Banister, law officer, cowboy and Texas Ranger (d. 1918) *1855 - Arthur Wing Pinero, playwright (d. 1934) *1858 - Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist *1863 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938) *1865 - Zo d'Axa, French anarchist, satirist, and traveller *1866 - Armando Frid (d. 1990) *1870 - Jan Christian Smuts (d. 1950) * 1870 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938) *1878 - Lillian Moller Gilbreth, mother of modern management (d. 1972) *1886 - Paul Paray, conductor and composer (d. 1979) *1891 - William F. Albright, American archeologist and Biblical scholar (d. 1971) *1899 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player *1899 - Henri Michaux, French poet *1991 - Jack Ostrand, Duke of Wellington *1905 - Zdenek Blazek, composer (d. 1988) *1909 - Wilbur Mills, American politician (d. 1992) *1910 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt (d. 1961) *1912 - Joan Hammond, soprano *1913 - Willi Daume, German Olympic organizer (d. 1996) *1914 - Lilli Palmer, actress (d. 1986) *1917 - John Robert Russell, Duke of Bedford (d. 2002) *1922 or 1923 - Siobhan McKenna, actress (d. 1986) *1925 - Mai Zetterling, entertainer (d. 1994) *1926 - Stanley Baxter, actor *1928 - William Trevor, writer *1930 - Hans-Martin Linde, conductor *1934 - Jane Byrne, mayor of Chicago *1935 - Joan Micklin Silver, director, writer *1936 - Harold Budd, musician *1938 - Tommy Chong, actor, comedian *1940 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet (d. 1996) *1941 - Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter *1942 - Derek Quinn, musician *1943 - Gary Burghoff, U.S. actor *1944 - Arthur Brown, musician * 1944 - Patti LaBelle, singer *1945 - Priscilla Presley, actress *1946 - Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Russian-born Polish athlete *1949 - Jim Broadbent, actor *1953 - Alfred Molina, actor *1955 - Rosanne Cash, singer *1960 - Kristin Scott Thomas, actress *1962 - Bev Lidyoff, volleyball player *1963 - Joe Dumars, basketball star *1965 - John C. Reilly, actor *1966 - Eric Cantona, French footballer *1967 - Heavy D, rap musician and actor *1969 - Rich Robinson, musician *1972 - Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer *1973 - Dermot O'Leary, TV presenter *1973 - Bartolo Colón, baseball pitcher *1974 - Ruslana, Ukrainian singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest *1979 - Tracy McGrady, basketball player *1986 - Sean O'Connell Barista *1988 - Billy Gilman, singer ==Deaths== *592 - St. Simon Stylites the Younger *1153 - David I of Scotland (b. 1084) *1351 - Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, sultan of Morocco (b. c. 1297) *1543 - Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer (b. 1473) *1612 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1st Viscount Cranborne (b. 1563) *1749 - Abraham ben Abraham, Polish nobleman (burned at the stake) (b. ?) *1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist, writer, publisher (b. 1805) *1881 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (b. 1805) *1883 - Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) *1903 - Marcel Renault, automobile racer *1933 - Percy C. Mather, pioneer missionary to Eastern Turkestan *1937 - Edward FitzSimmons Dunne, mayor of Chicago (b. 1853) *1947 - Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878) *1950 - Archibald Wavell, general (b. 1883) *1959 - John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (b. 1888) *1963 - Elmore James, blues musician (b. 1918) *1969 - Willy Ley, rocket scientist (b. 1906) *1974 - Duke Ellington, U.S. composer, musician (b. 1899) *1981 - George Jessel (actor), vaudeville (b. 1898) *1995 - Harold Wilson, United Kingdom statesman and prime minister (b. 1916) *1996 - John Abbott (actor) (b. 1905) *1997 - Edward Mulhare, actor (b. 1923) *2003 - Lady Rachel Kempson, actress (b. 1910) *2004 - Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917) *2005 - Arthur Haulot, Belgium journalist and member of the resistance movement against the Nazi occupation (b. 1913) ==Holidays and observances== * Canada: Victoria Day, on this date or the Monday before it. In Quebec, it is known as "National Patriots' Day" ''(Journée nationale des patriotes)''. * Bermuda: Bermuda Day * Eritrea: National Day * Bulgaria: Saints Cyril and Methodius * Saint Sarah is celebrated in Carmague, France by the Roma (gypsies). == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/24 BBC: On This Day] ---- May 23 - May 25 - April 24 - June 24historical anniversaries li:24 mei simple:May 24 th:24 พฤษภาคม

May 24



--User:Maveric149 23:42, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 24 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 24 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_24_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- ---- I think someone has vandalised this list, adding either random names, or the names of the people they know. How many notable celebrities/political leaders etc. were born in 1996??!!! I think you should clear the page and start this page again from scratch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah - I've been going thru the calander with a book I have "On this day in Rock n Roll History" so I've seen alot of days and this one has far too many births (and deaths) to be normal but some are recognizably real - like Roseanne Cash etc... But I didn't feel qualified to be the one to wipe out whatever I don't recognize. JvaGoddess -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the contrary, you seem to be the one perfectly suited to the task- you know more than me, anyway!!! All I know is events that have happened in Australia's history, not much else! I'm only 17! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe we can get Larry Sanger to weigh in on this one (hint hint)- JvaGoddess -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It appears someone copied a load of entries from http://www.dailyalmanacs.com/almanac2/may/0524.html Which is probably a violation of copyright... -- SJK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In that case then maybe we should delete the page and start again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nope, I just checked. The Daily Almanacs page states "History is free- use the info on the page however you want". So it's fine. But maybe we should add a reference as to who all these people are? -Mark ----- I'm especially intrigued by [Baby Boy Samane] under 'births'. user:MichaelTinkler :Looking at http://www.dailyalmanacs.com/almanac2/may/0524.html this page, it seems that Samane might be record holder for heaviest baby (10.2 kg or 22 lbs 8 oz). --user:Zundark, 2002 Feb 17


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