May 24 in history
Events on May 24
Notable events that happened on May 24 in past years.
- 2026
A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, killed at least 48 people and injured 98 others.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Quetta train bombing - 2014
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Aegean Sea earthquake - 1999
The 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.
Wikipedia article: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - 1993
Roman 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.
Wikipedia article: Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo - 1988
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
Wikipedia article: Section 28 - 1967
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
Wikipedia article: Egypt - 1960
Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
Wikipedia article: 1960 Valdivia earthquake - 1944
Congress 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 1946 until 1992.
Wikipedia article: Congress of Përmet - 1935
The 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.
Wikipedia article: Night game - 1873
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Patrick Francis Healy - 1832
The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
Wikipedia article: Kingdom of Greece - 1738
John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
Wikipedia article: John Wesley - 1626
Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
Wikipedia article: Peter Minuit - 1567
Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
- 919
The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
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