Historical Events In May - 24

1990  Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game on May - 24.   

1990  On this day in history stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1   

1990  Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 on May - 24.   

1991  Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49 on May - 24.   

1992  Jay Leno makes his Tonight Show debut as permanent host, succeeding Johnny Carson on this day in history.   

1992  Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79 on May - 24.   

1993  On May - 24 eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war   

1993  Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey   

1993  On this day in history jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66   

1994  Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash on May - 24.   

1994  Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1995  Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 on May - 24.   

1996  On May - 24 "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released   

1996  On this day in history alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan   

1997  Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74 on May - 24.   

2006  East Timor's Foreign Minister Horta officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal on May - 24.   

2007  On May - 24 general election in the Republic of Ireland. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fáil party win a majority of seats for the third election in a row.   

2013  On May - 24 rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador   

2014  On May - 24 yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, is detained by army after a military coup   

2017  UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm on May - 24.   

2018  On May - 24 record US fentanyl seizure of 120lbs (54kg) confirmed by police in Nebraska in April, enough to kill 26 million people, one of largest drug busts in US history   

2018  Actor Morgan Freeman accused of sexual harassment by several women in CNN report on this day in history.   

2018  On May - 24 at least 14 children reported mauled to death by wild dogs near Khairabad, India after closure of slaughterhouses   

2018  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea   

2018  US President Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction - transporting a white woman across state lines on May - 24.   

2018  World's largest cat-proof fence (44km) completed at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, central Australia to protest endangered species on May - 24.   

2018  Bangladeshi police reported to have shot 52 suspected drug traffickers in anti-narcotics crackdown in 10 days on this day in history.   

2018  US President Trump signs into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act easing financial regulations and reducing oversight for banks on May - 24.   

2018  On this day in history foreign journalists report that tunnels in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site have been destroyed by the North Korean government in a move to reduce regional tensions.   

2019  A prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela, leaves 29 prisoners dead and 19 guards injured.May 26 - Amazonas prison massacres: More than 50 prisoners are killed in a series of riots at four different prisons in Amazonas, Brazil on this day in history.   

2020  British PM Boris Johnson refuses to sack his senior aide Dominic Cummings, after it is revealed he broke the country's lockdown rules to drive across the country on May - 24.   

2020  Mining corporation Rio Tinto admits to blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in the Pilbara area of Western Australia. The firm later issues an apology to the two Aboriginal peoples who are the traditional owners of the site on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.