Historical Events In May - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 On May - 24 stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1991 On May - 24 gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1992 On this day in history jay Leno makes his Tonight Show debut as permanent host, succeeding Johnny Carson
1992 Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79 on May - 24.
1993 Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war on May - 24.
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 Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 on this day in history.
1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash on this day in history.
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 Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83 on May - 24.
1997 Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
2007 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 on May - 24.
2013 Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador on this day in history.
2014 Yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, is detained by army after a military coup on May - 24.
2017 UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history 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 May - 24.
2018 On May - 24 at least 14 children reported mauled to death by wild dogs near Khairabad, India after closure of slaughterhouses
2018 US President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea on May - 24.
2018 US President Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction - transporting a white woman across state lines on this day in history.
2018 On May - 24 world's largest cat-proof fence (44km) completed at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, central Australia to protest endangered species
2018 Bangladeshi police reported to have shot 52 suspected drug traffickers in anti-narcotics crackdown in 10 days on this day in history.
2018 On May - 24 uS President Trump signs into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act easing financial regulations and reducing oversight for banks
2018 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 on this day in history.
2019 On May - 24 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.
2020 On this day in history 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
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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